List of most expensive music videos
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Multiple image". This article lists the most expensive music videos ever made, with costs of $500,000 or more, from those whose budgets have been disclosed.
David Bowie's video for the 1980 single "Ashes to Ashes" was the first music video to exceed this sum. Janet Jackson and Britney Spears have six videos each on the list, while Michael Jackson and Ayumi Hamasaki have five each. Madonna has made three appearances in the top five, and five total, making her the artist with the most expensive videos of all time combined. TLC, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, Guns N' Roses, Mylène Farmer and MC Hammer appear on the list twice.
Joseph Kahn has directed seven, Paul Hunter has directed four, while Hype Williams, Cha Eun Taek and Wataru Takeishi have directed three. Nigel Dick, Mark Romanek and John Landis appear twice, the latter with videos both for Michael Jackson. This list only includes music videos with an announced or reported budget.
Romanek, who made Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream", which was claimed to be one of the most expensive music videos ever made, has since denied this claim, saying that there were two other music videos from the same era which cost "millions more" than "Scream".[1] In a 2017 interview, Mick Garris, a writer for Michael Jackson's Ghosts stated that after several years of production development for the Ghosts short film: "It became the most expensive music video ever made...it ended up coming in at about $15 million, all of it out of Michael's pocket."[2]
Most expensive music videos
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| Rank | Title | Artist(s) | Director | Year | Cost (Template:Estimation) | Ref | |
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| 1 | "Scream" | Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1995 | $7,000,000 | Template:US$ | [3][4] |
| 2 | "Die Another Day" | Madonna | Traktor | 2002 | $6,100,000 | Template:US$ | |
| 3 | "Express Yourself" | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1989 | $5,000,000 | Template:US$ | ||
| "Bedtime Story" | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1995 | $5,000,000 | Template:US$ | |||
| 5 | "Estranged" | Guns N' Roses | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1993 | $5,000,000 | Template:US$ | |
| 6 | "Black or White" | Michael Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1991 | $4,000,000 | Template:US$ | |
| "You Rock My World" | Michael Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2001 | $4,000,000 | Template:US$ | [5] | |
| "Make Me Like You" | Gwen Stefani | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2016 | $4,000,000 | Template:US$ | [6] | |
| 8 | "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" | Coldplay | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 2024 | $Template:To USD | $Template:To USD | [7][8][9] |
| 9 | "Cartoon Heroes" | Aqua | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2000 | $3,500,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 10 | "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" | Limp Bizkit | Fred Durst | 2000 | $3,000,000 | Template:US$ | [10] |
| 11 | "Victory" | Puff Daddy (featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes) | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1998 | $2,700,000 | Template:US$ | [11] |
| 12 | "2 Legit 2 Quit" | MC Hammer | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1991 | $2,500,000 | Template:US$ | [12] |
| "Heartbreaker" | Mariah Carey (featuring Jay-Z) | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $2,500,000 | Template:US$ | [13] | |
| "Doesn't Really Matter" | Janet Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2000 | $2,500,000 | Template:US$ | [14] | |
| 15 | "What's It Gonna Be?!" | Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $2,400,000 | Template:US$ | [15] |
| 16 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Celine Dion | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1996 | $2,300,000 | Template:US$ | [16] |
| 17 | "Bad" | Michael Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1987 | $2,200,000 | Template:US$ | [16] |
| 18 | "Larger Than Life" | Backstreet Boys | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $2,100,000 | Template:US$ | [16] |
| 19 | "Remember the Time" | Michael Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1992 | $2,000,000 | Template:US$ | [16] |
| "Honey" | Mariah Carey | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1997 | $2,000,000 | Template:US$ | [17] | |
| "Miami" | Will Smith | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $2,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "She's a Bitch" | Missy Elliott | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $2,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "Freeek!" | George Michael | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2002 | $2,000,000 | Template:US$ | [18] | |
| "My Name's Women" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2005 | $2,000,000 | Template:US$ | [16] | |
| "Fairyland" | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2005 | $2,000,000 | Template:US$ | [19]Template:User-generated source | ||
| 26 | "Me Against the Music" | Britney Spears (featuring Madonna) | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2003 | $1,750,000 | Template:US$ | [20] |
| 27 | "Green" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2008 | $1,600,000 | Template:US$ | [21] |
| "Unpretty" | TLC | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $1,600,000 | Template:US$ | [22] | |
| 29 | "November Rain" | Guns N' Roses | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1992 | $1,500,000 | Template:US$ | [23] |
| "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" | Blackstreet & Janet Jackson (featuring Eve & Ja Rule) | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $1,500,000 | Template:US$ | [16] | |
| "Give Me All Your Luvin'" | Madonna (featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.) | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2012 | $1,500,000 | Template:US$ | [24] | |
| 32 | "Here Comes the Hammer" | MC Hammer | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1990 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | [25] |
| "Ready or Not" | Fugees | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1996 | $1,300,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| 34 | "Work Bitch"Template:Efn | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2013 | $1,200,000 | Template:US$ | [26] |
| "Stronger" | Kanye West | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2007 | $1,200,000 | Template:US$ | [27] | |
| 36 | "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)" | Grace Jones | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1986 | $1,200,000 | Template:US$ | [28] |
| 37 | "Jewel" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2006 | $1,100,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 38 | "Party All Night" | Yo Yo Honey Singh & Meet Bros | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2013 | $1,025,000 | Template:US$ | [29] |
| "Hurt" | Oliver Tree | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2018 | $1,024,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| 40 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Duran Duran | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1984 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| "Dominion/Mother Russia" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1988 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "Love Is Strong" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1994 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "Waterfalls" | TLC | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1995 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "I Get Lonely" (remix) | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1998 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "L'Âme-stram-gram" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Ching Siu-tung | 1999 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "Love" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Hong JongHo | 1999 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "Thong Song" (remix) | Sisqó & Foxy Brown | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2000 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "Don't Say Goodbye" | Paulina Rubio | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2002 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | [30] | |
| "Toxic" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2004 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | [31] | |
| "Touch the Sky" | Script error: No such module "sort". (featuring Lupe Fiasco) | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2006 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | [32] | |
| "Call on Me" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2006 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | [33] | |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2010 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2002 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". | |
| "Cry Cry/Lovey Dovey" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Cha Eun Taek | 2011 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | [34] | |
| "The Ghost of You" | My Chemical Romance | Marc Webb | 2005 | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | [35] | |
| 56 | "God's Plan" | Drake | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2018 | $996,632 | Template:US$ | [36] |
| 57 | "One Shot" | B.A.P | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2013 | $915,000 | Template:US$ | [34] |
| 58 | "Honey Honey" | Gangkiz | Cha Eun Taek | 2012 | $900,000 | Template:US$ | Script error: No such module "Unsubst". |
| 59 | "Destiny" | Infinite | Hong Won-ki | 2013 | $890,000 | Template:US$ | [34] |
| 60 | "Kilimanjaro" | A. R. Rahman, Javed Ali, & Chinmayi | S. Shankar | 2010 | $875,000 | Template:US$ | [29] |
| 61 | "Malang" | Pritam (featuring Siddharth Mahadevan & Shilpa Rao) | Vijay Krishna Acharya | 2013 | $850,000 | Template:US$ | [37] |
| 62 | "Super Lady" | (G)I-dle | Son Seung-hee | 2024 | $820,000 | Template:US$ | [38] |
| 63 | "Heartbeat of Love" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1989 | $800,000 | Template:US$ | [39] |
| "Saturnz Barz" | Gorillaz | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2017 | $800,000 | Template:US$ | [40] | |
| "Triumph" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1997 | $800,000 | Template:US$ | [41] | |
| 66 | "California" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1996 | $788,000 | Template:US$ | [42] |
| 67 | "Applause" | Lady Gaga | Vinoodh Matadin | 2013 | $767,000 | Template:US$ | [43] |
| 68 | "Push It" | Garbage | Andrea Giacobbe | 1998 | $750,000 | Template:US$ | [44] |
| "Oops!... I Did It Again" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2000 | $750,000 | Template:US$ | [45] | |
| 70 | "Sad Promise" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Cha Eun Taek | 2012 | $706,000 | Template:US$ | [46] |
| 71 | "Pillow Talking" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2017 | $700,000 | Template:US$ | [47] |
| 72 | "Tunak Tunak Tun" | Daler Mehndi | Daler Mehndi | 1998 | Template:US$ | Template:US$ | [48][49] |
| 73 | "Ashes to Ashes" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1980 | Template:US$ | Template:US$ | [50] |
| 74 | "Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah" | A.R. Rahman & Javed Akhtar (featuring Mohammed Aslam & Bonnie Chakraborty) | Ashutosh Gowariker | 2008 | Template:US$ | Template:US$ | [51][52] |
| 75 | "The Centre of the Heart" | Roxette | Jonas Akerlund | 2001 | Template:US$ | Template:US$ | [53] |
| 76 | "Dola Re Dola" | Ismail Darbar, Shreya Ghoshal, & KK | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | 2002 | Template:US$ | Template:US$ | [51][54] |
| 77 | "Thriller" | Michael Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1983 | $500,000 | Template:US$ | [55] |
| 78 | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1999 | $500,000 | Template:US$ | [56] |
| 79 | "Piece of Me" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | 2007 | $500,000 | Template:US$ | [57] |
| 80 | "Hold It Against Me" | Jonas Åkerlund | 2011 | $500,000 | Template:US$ | [58] | |
| 81 | "Come Back Home" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Dee Shin | 2014 | $470,000 | Template:US$ | [59] |
| 82 | "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" | Naushad, Shakeel Badayuni, Lata Mangeshkar | Script error: No such module "sort". | 1960 | Template:US$ | Template:US$ | [60][61] |
Most expensive of all time at the time of production
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Director | Cost (Template:Estimation) | Ref | |
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| 1960 | "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" | Naushad, Shakeel Badayuni, Lata Mangeshkar | Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:US$ | Template:US$ | [62][63] |
| 1980 | "Ashes to Ashes" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Script error: No such module "sort". | $582,000 | Template:US$ | [50] |
| 1984 | Script error: No such module "sort". | Duran Duran | Script error: No such module "sort". | $1,000,000 | Template:US$ | |
| 1986 | "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)" | Grace Jones | Script error: No such module "sort". | $1,200,000 | Template:US$ | [28] |
| 1987 | "Bad" | Michael Jackson | Script error: No such module "sort". | $2,200,000 | Template:US$ | |
| 1989 | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | Script error: No such module "sort". | $5,000,000 | Template:US$ | [3][4] |
| 1995 | "Bedtime Story" | Script error: No such module "sort". | Template:US$ | |||
| "Scream" | Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson | $7,000,000 | Template:US$ | |||
See also
Notes
References
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