Music magazine timeline

I have researched Q magazines history and picked covers that have four years between them, ranging from the first ever issue to the first issue they will publish in January 2014. In my analysis I have seen that the Q logo changed, it still has a red background apart from July's issue in 1990. In the first issue in 1986 the logo is in a rectangle, throughout the years they've changed it into a square making more room for the artist on the cover who is the main focus of the magazine. Throughout the years the magazine has become more sophisticated, they developed a lot since their first issue. In their first issue they had everything put into grids  until the September 1998 issue where the cover stories were just put around the artist. After April 2010's issue they've layered the artists ontop of the Q logo. They've kept the artists name at the bottom of their issues from September 1998. Q magazines background is mainly lowkey apart from June 2002 which is highkey. On the 20th issue of the magazine they made lists of top 20s for the greatest albums and tracks in Q's life, also 20 interviews with different artists. Q had 20 different covers to collect for their 20th anniversary. The audience pretty much stayed the same, fans from different genres read this magazine with some pop but also indie.

In my magazine I would like to use the technique of layering the artist over the logo, and also putting the cover stories around the artists. I would like to layer the artists name on them like on the April 2010 issue the way Lady Gaga's first "Ga" is behind her then the second "Ga" is layered onto her.