Meanings
- uncountableIntense fanatical enthusiasm for American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone; born 1958).
Now Madonnamania has swept countries all over the world.
1985, Teenager, page 683 more examples
Three years later, Madonnamania was in full blossom, and so was her romance with actor Sean (The Falcon and the Snowman) Penn.
1986, Christopher P. Andersen, The New Book of People: Photographs, Capsule Biographies, and Vital Statistics of Over 500 Celebrities, Perigee Books, →ISBN, page 285Chapman 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.
1993, New Woman, page 10Released 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.
2022, Marc Andrews, Madonna Song by Song, Fonthill Media, →ISBN
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