ABSTRACT
As a cultural studies term, text refers to any media form that is self-contained and conveys cultural meaning, including television programmes, recordings, films, and books. Popular music texts are quite diverse, embracing both sound and visual examples, with these at times combined. The most prominent are aural texts: sound recordings, in various formats; and the primary audiovisual text, the music video. These are the main focus of this chapter. In addition, I consider graphic texts, most notably album covers and their liner notes, and CDs and their accompanying booklets.
