Georgiana Angus

      The first magazine even remotely related to music was published in 1894, it's name... Billboard. Now Billboard's first edition may have been released to the world in 1894, it didn't actually start publishing music charts until the 1930's. This magazine's headquarters were based in New York and for a short while was just used as an advertising format for businesses. But after a few years it began to take on adverts for outdoor amusements such as carnivals, circus', fairs, and other live entertainment. It then began to cover movies in 1909 and the radio in 1920. With the rise in the jukebox industry, Billboard started to report the music charts in order to bring in a wider customer range.
      The first magazine to publish music related topics though, is called Melody Maker. Melody Maker was a British weekly music newspaper, so naturally it was better, and it first unleashed in 1926. Its contents included an honour list which was the first ever recorded music charts. Its main genres, pop and rock.
       Continuing on with the theme of British Music magazine is the NME (New Musical Express) magazine which was first published 26 years after Melody Maker hit the shelves. In the 70's, NME became the most popular music magazine in Britain.  
        A more modern take on music magazines would be the semi-monthly magazine Vibe. Vibe came out in 1993 and though it has a larger online following now, it is still a very popular music magazine aimed at a young audience generally into Hip Hop and Urban style music.
        Now a days, Music magazines take up a large percentage of the magazine production. With so many genres and sub-genres of music existing already, and more to be invented, it's not hard to find a music magazine with your taste of music on the shelves of your local corner shop.