In Iran, Female Pop icons Are Being Removed From Their Own Album Covers

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  The Twitter account Pop Crave, which dishes out all the latest pop culture news for the Twitter-verse, pointed out the censorship in a now-viral tweet.

  
  via Pop Crave

  The post features some of the most recognizable albums, so recognizable, in fact, that it's easy to distinguish which albums they are even with a major missing component: the female artists who usually inhabit the fronts of them.

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  Twitter user @IzzRaifHarz was one of the first to post about the edited covers:

  
  via IzzRaifHarz

  The covers included several examples where the albums were missing their central figures, including Camila Cabello, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé, sometimes featuring smoke or blurs in their place.

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  One quick glance over the Iranian music website, Melovaz shows dozens of male artists featured on the site’s homepage unedited, while female artists are missing from the covers of playlists and albums listed under their names.

  
  via Melovaz
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  Here are some of the main examples:

  
  via Melovaz
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• 05

  Lady Gaga- Joanne

  
  via Melovaz
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  Nicki Minaj — Queen

  
  via Melovaz
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  Miley Cyrus — She Is Coming

  
  via Melovaz
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• 08

  Camila Cabello — Liar

  
  via Melovaz
• 09

  Billie Eilish — When We All Fall Asleep

  
  via Melovaz
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  Normani — Motivation

  
  via Melovaz
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• 11

  Taylor Swift — ShuYou Need To Calm Down

  
  via Melovaz
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  Hailee Steinfeld — Afterlife

  
  via Melovaz
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  Iggy Azalea — In my defense

  
  via Melovaz
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• 14

  Mariah Carey — A No No

  
  via Melovaz
• 15

  Marina — Love fear

  
  via Melovaz
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  Katy Perry — Small talk

  
  via Melovaz
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• 17

  Ciara — Beauty Marks

  
  via Melovaz

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