Madonna wannabe imagery in her "Alejandro" music video. Chris Riemenschneider, a journalist of "Star Tribune", wrote an article in 2012 ranking several singers as "Madonna wannabe", including Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Katy Perry, Rihanna, as well as Lady Gaga who topped the list with 10 out of 10 rating. Madonna wannabe A Madonna wannabe, or Madonnabe, is a person (usually female) who dressed like pop star Madonna. The term was popularized by writer John Skow in a May 1985 "Time" cover story on the singer. Following the disappearance of the trend, critics and journalists referred to female pop stars who emulated Madonna
Taller in More Ways 'Try Again'", further concluding it as "not the best album in the world or even of the year, not obscurantist schizeclecto meta-pop like Annie or M.I.A. or loaded down with po-mo pop.cult. signifiers like Girls Aloud, it doesn't impart a skewed existential narrative like Britney, but 'Taller In More Ways' is absolutely bursting with tunes, and as such it's hard to resist." The album was ranked number 23 on Observer Music Monthly's Top 100 Albums list in 2005. "Taller in More Ways" became a commercial success. On 22 October 2005, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums