Madonnamania

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Madonna +‎ -mania.

Noun[edit]

Madonnamania (uncountable)

  1. Intense fanatical enthusiasm for American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
    • 1985, Teenager, page 68:
      Now Madonnamania has swept countries all over the world.
    • 1986, Christopher P. Andersen, The New Book of People: Photographs, Capsule Biographies, and Vital Statistics of Over 500 Celebrities, Perigee Books, →ISBN, page 285:
      Three years later, Madonnamania was in full blossom, and so was her romance with actor Sean (The Falcon and the Snowman) Penn.
    • 1993, New Woman, page 10:
      Chapman was making music that did not rely on a danceable sound, a slick image, or an artsy video to get her message across—and this was at the height of Madonnamania.
    • 2022, Marc Andrews, Madonna Song by Song, Fonthill Media, →ISBN:
      Released within weeks of each other towards the end of that year, the ‘Like a Virgin’ single and album both rushed to #1 around the globe and Madonnamania, via hordes of Madonna ‘wannabes’, was fully unleashed.

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