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{{Short description|Magazine genre dedicated to music and music culture}}
A '''[[list of music magazines|music magazine]]''' is a [[magazine]] dedicated to [[music]] and [[culture in music cognition|music culture]]. Such magazines typically include music news, [[interview]]s, [[photo shoot]]s, [[essay]]s, record reviews, concert reviews and occasionally have a [[covermount]] with recorded music.

Music magazines were very prolific in the [[United Kingdom]], with the ''[[NME]]'' (short for ''New Musical Express'') leading the packsales since its first issue in 1952. ''NME'' had a longstanding rival in ''[[Melody Maker]]'', an even older publication that had existed since 1926; however, by 2001, falling circulation and the rise of internet music sites caused the ''Melody Maker'' to be absorbed into its old rival and cease publishing.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1070699.stm Melody Maker to merge with NME], ''[[BBC News]]'', 15 December 2000.</ref> Several other British magazines such as ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' and ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' also folded between 1990 and 2000. Current UK music magazines include ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'', ''[[Kerrang!]]'' and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' (all published by [[EMAP]]).<ref>[http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/509256/ FEATURE - Rocking to a new tune], ''Brand Republic'', 23 October 2003.</ref> Magazines with a focus on [[pop music]] rather than [[rock music|rock]] and aimed at a younger market include the now-defunct ''[[Smash Hits]]'' and the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Top of the Pops (magazine)|Top of the Pops]]'', which outlived the television show on which it was based.

The longest running music magazine ofin the U.K.UK is ''BMG'', foundfounded in 1903 by [[Clifford Essex]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BMG Magazine website|url=http://www.bmgmagazine.net/ |publisherurl-status=BMGdead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514020218/http://www.bmgmagazine.net/ |archive-date=14 May 2013 |accessdateaccess-date=17 April 2013 |publisher=}}</ref> ''BMG'', which stands for '''B'''anjobanjo, '''M'''andolinmandolin, and '''G'''uitarguitar, is the oldest fretted -instrument -focused publication and actively promotes [[acoustic instruments]] of all kinds.

Major music magazines in the [[United States]] include ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' (founded in 1967), ''[[DownBeat]]'' (founded in 1934), and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' (founded in 1985). ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]'' magazine was voted Music Magazine of the Year in 2004 and is the second largest UK online presence. ''Clash'' was also Awardedawarded Magazine of the Year at the PPA Scotland Awards. ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' has more of an "[[Subculture|underground]]" coverage including [[pop punk]], [[post-hardcore]] and [[metalcore]].

Several music magazines include a free [[album]] of music (usually a compilation of tracks by various artists), known in the publishing industry as a [[covermount]]. The practice began in the 1980s with UK magazine ''[[Smash Hits]]'' giving away [[flexi disc]]s, and graduated to [[mixtape]]s and [[compact disc]]s in the 1990s, with modern magazines such as ''[[NME]]'' and ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' frequently including cover compilations.<ref name="bbc">Geoghegan, Tom: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6897178.stm Are free CDs killing music?], ''[[BBC News|BBC News Magazine]]'', 13 July 2007.</ref>