Jacksonmania

English

Etymology

From Jackson +‎ -mania.

Noun

Jacksonmania (uncountable)

1. Intense fanatical enthusiasm for the American pop band The Jackson 5.
   • 1986, Charles Jordan, What to Save from the ’80s, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Columbine, →ISBN, page 63:

     Retailers were reporting that summer that Jacksonmania was the biggest thing to hit the rock spinoff trade since the Beatles.

   • 2006, Constance Briscoe, Ugly, Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     Jacksonmania had hit London and everyone was growing their hair in huge Afros and using an Afro fork to keep it in shape.

   • 2017, The Great Lakes, Rough Guides, →ISBN:

     Gordy signed The Jackson 5 in 1969, leading to the “Jacksonmania” of the early 1970s, but by mid-decade the top sellers were the high-society soul of Diana Ross and the ballads of the Commodores – Gordy focused more on producing movies such as The Wiz (1978).

Further reading

• Michael Jackson fandom § Jacksonmania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia