• PortraitA single person is the subject: a face or figure, photographed or styled, that carries the record's identity.56 covers
• PhotographPhotography whose subject isn't the artist: objects, places, strangers and found images.25 covers
• PaintingPaintings in oil, acrylic, watercolour or ink, either commissioned for the record or borrowed from an existing work.11 covers
• IllustrationDrawn artwork: line, comic, poster and airbrush illustration.21 covers
• Group photographThe band or ensemble photographed together.33 covers
• Graphic designCovers built from shapes, symbols, layout and pure graphic form rather than a depicted scene.18 covers
• CollageCovers assembled from many cut, layered or combined images.9 covers
• Digital artImagery made or heavily transformed with software: 3D rendering, digital manipulation and generated visuals.8 covers
• TypographyCovers where the lettering itself is the image.2 covers
• Film stillA frame taken from a film or television production.1 cover
• Childhood photoA photograph of a child, usually the artist when young, often taken from a family album and used to frame the record as a story of where they came from.5 covers
• SculptureA physical object built or sculpted for the cover, from masks to giant inflatables, then photographed or shown as the artwork.3 covers
• Archival photoAn existing photograph licensed from an archive, news agency or private collection and reused as the cover, as opposed to one shot for the record.6 covers