Beatlemania
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Beatlemania was the intense global fan frenzy and cultural phenomenon surrounding the Beatles in the 1960s, marked by mass hysteria, media saturation, and unprecedented pop music popularity.
Statements (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural phenomenon
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fan phenomenon ⓘ mass hysteria ⓘ popular culture movement ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
Australia
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Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| associatedWithGenre |
Merseybeat
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pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| coinedBy | British press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
concert footage
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newspaper reports ⓘ photographs of Beatles tours ⓘ television newsreels ⓘ |
| firstMajorOutbreakLocation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorOutbreakYear | 1963 GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasCause |
intense fan identification with The Beatles
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mass media coverage of The Beatles ⓘ popularity of The Beatles ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
celebrity worship
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chart dominance ⓘ chasing of band members ⓘ concert security concerns ⓘ extensive touring demand ⓘ fainting fans ⓘ fan clubs proliferation ⓘ high-pitched crowd noise ⓘ hysterical audience reactions ⓘ intense press coverage ⓘ large public gatherings ⓘ mass record sales ⓘ media saturation ⓘ merchandising boom ⓘ screaming crowds ⓘ youth culture identification ⓘ |
| hasCulturalLegacy |
reference point in discussions of pop fandom
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subject of academic studies ⓘ subject of documentaries ⓘ term used as template for later fandom labels ending in -mania ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
changes in concert security practices
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expansion of music merchandising ⓘ globalization of rock music ⓘ increased importance of television in music promotion ⓘ increased media focus on celebrity personal lives ⓘ influence on youth culture ⓘ inspiration for later pop fandom phenomena ⓘ rise of modern fan culture ⓘ transformation of popular music industry ⓘ |
| hasEndPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| hasPeakPeriod |
1963
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1964 ⓘ |
| hasStartPeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | The Beatles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Beatles arrival at JFK Airport in 1964
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Beatles performance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British Invasion
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celebrity culture ⓘ counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ fan studies ⓘ youth culture of the 1960s ⓘ |
| typicalDemographic |
teenage boys
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teenage girls ⓘ young women ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Beatles Story