Photo Planning for my Front Cover

I want my front cover to be minimalistic as possible, to do this I think I need an image dominated front cover. My image needs to have a plain background and intrigue the audience to have immediate eye contact with the model on the front. I plan on having a close up shot of the face to engage the reader. The subject will be directly looking at the camera with either they're back turned or looking straight forward. I feel that both types of images are engaging but the image with the back turned may be more effective with attracting the reader. My model's are going to be young to attract my target audience as the age range is 16-20 year olds. The subject will be wearing outgoing colourful clothes to fit in with the target audience and the masthead which is LOUD. The background will be plain and simple as I want the focus to be on the subject and not anything else. The lighting is going to be bright to again fit the genre of pop which is classed as being fun. This background can either be inside or outside depending where the suitable backdrop and lighting is.