List of most expensive music videos

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This page lists the most expensive music videos ever made, with costs of $500,000 or more. David Bowie's video for the 1980 single Ashes to Ashes was the first music video to exceed this sum. Janet Jackson leads with six videos on the list, while Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, and Ayumi Hamasaki have five each. Hamasaki, T-ara and B.A.P are also the only Asian artists to appear on this list. Madonna has made four appearances in the top 5 making her the artist with the most expensive videos of all time put together. Mylène Farmer has made 3 appearances. TLC, Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, Guns N' Roses, and MC Hammer appear on the list twice. Joseph Kahn has directed four videos on this list while Hype Williams and Wataru Takeishi have directed three videos on the list. Nigel Dick, Mark Romanek and John Landis appear twice on this list, the latter with videos both directed for Michael Jackson.

Mark Romanek, the director of Michael and Janet Jackson's "Scream", which is claimed to be the most expensive music video ever made, has since denied this claim saying that there were two other music videos from the same era which cost "millions more" than the video for "Scream".[1]

Indicates the title was the most expensive of all time at the time of production

Most expensive music videos

Artist(s) Song title Director Original air date Production Inflation-adjusted PC (2024)
Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson "Scream" Mark Romanek[2] 1995, May $7,000,000[3] $13,996,943
Madonna "Die Another Day" Traktor[citation needed] 2002-10-222002, October 22 $6,100,000[4] $10,333,321
Madonna "Express Yourself" David Fincher[5] 1989-05-171989, May 17 $5,000,000[6] $12,289,933
Madonna "Bedtime Story" Mark Romanek[7] 1995-04-011995, March 10 $5,000,000[8] $9,997,816
Michael Jackson
(featuring L.T.B.) 		"Black or White" John Landis[citation needed] 1991-11-141991, November 14 $4,000,000[9][10] $8,947,960
Guns N' Roses "Estranged" Andy Morahan[citation needed] 1993-12-001993, December $4,000,000[11] $8,436,766
Gwen Stefani "Make Me Like You" Sophie Muller[12] 2016-02-152016, February 15 $4,000,000[13] $5,078,203
Puff Daddy
(featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes) 		"Victory" Marcus Nispel[citation needed] 1998-03-311998, March 31 $2,700,000[3] $5,047,203
MC Hammer "2 Legit 2 Quit" Rupert Wainwright[14] 1991-11-011991, November $2,500,000[9] $5,428,029
Mariah Carey
(featuring Jay-Z) 		"Heartbreaker" Brett Ratner[citation needed] 1999-08-161999, August 16 $2,500,000[3] $4,572,513
Janet Jackson
"Doesn't Really Matter" Joseph Kahn[15] 2000-06-282000, June 28 $2,500,000[3] $4,423,188
Busta Rhymes & Janet Jackson "What's It Gonna Be?!" Hype Williams & Busta Rhymes[citation needed] 1999-03-121999, March 12 $2,400,000[3] $5,210,908
Celine Dion "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Nigel Dick[citation needed] 1996-07-291996, July 29 $2,300,000[16] $4,468,237
Michael Jackson "Bad" Martin Scorsese[17] 1987-08-311987, August 31 $2,200,000[3] $5,900,176
Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life" Joseph Kahn[citation needed] 1999-09-141999, September 14 $2,100,000[3] $3,840,911
Michael Jackson "Remember the Time" John Singleton[citation needed] 1992-02-031992, February 3 $2,000,000[18] $4,342,424
Missy Elliott "She's a Bitch" Hype Williams[citation needed] 1999-05-011999, May 1 $2,000,000[3] $3,658,010
George Michael "Freeek!" Joseph Kahn[19] 2004-00-002002 $2,000,000[3] $3,226,216
Ayumi Hamasaki "My Name's Women" Wataru Takeishi[citation needed] 2005, March 16 $2,000,000[16] $3,120,123
Ayumi Hamasaki "Fairyland" Wataru Takeishi[citation needed] 2005-07-162005, July 16 $2,000,000[3] $3,120,123
Ayumi Hamasaki "Green" Kazuyoshi Shimomura[citation needed] 2008-12-172008, December 17 $1,600,000[20] $3,120,123
TLC "Unpretty" Paul Hunter[citation needed] 1999-08-291999, August 29 $1,600,000[3] $2,926,408
Guns N' Roses "November Rain" Andy Morahan[citation needed] 1992-06-021992, June 2 $1,500,000[citation needed] $3,256,818
Blackstreet & Janet Jackson
(featuring Eve & Ja Rule) 		"Girlfriend/Boyfriend" Joseph Kahn[citation needed] 1999-03-231999, March 23 $1,500,000[3] $2,743,508
Madonna
(featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.) 		"Give Me All Your Luvin'" Megaforce[21] 2012-02-032012, February 3 $1,500,000[22][23] $2,031,657
MC Hammer "Here Comes the Hammer" MC Hammer[citation needed] 1991-01-011991, January 1 $1,300,000[24] $3,031,788
The Fugees "Ready or Not" Marcus Nispel[25] 1996-08-291996, August 29 $1,300,000[26] $2,525,525
Kanye West "Stronger" Hype Williams[citation needed] 2007-07-002007, July $1,200,000[3] $1,763,312
Duran Duran "The Wild Boys" Russell Mulcahy[citation needed] 1984-00-001984 $1,000,000+[27] $2,932,735
Michael Jackson "Thriller" John Landis[citation needed] 1983-12-021983, December 2 $1,000,000[28] $3,365,052
Janet Jackson (with Nelly) "Call on Me" Hype Williams[citation needed] 2006-07-262006, July 26 $1,000,000[16] $3,022,780
The Sisters of Mercy "Dominion/Mother Russia" Andrew Eldritch[citation needed] 1988-02-001988, February $1,000,000[29] $2,576,252
The Rolling Stones "Love Is Strong" David Fincher[citation needed] 1994-00-001994 $1,000,000[30] $2,055,680
TLC "Waterfalls" F. Gary Gray[citation needed] 19951995 $1,000,000 [31] $1,999,563
Sisqó
(featuring Foxy Brown) 		"Thong Song" (remix) Little X[citation needed] 20002000 $1,000,000[32] $1,769,275
Britney Spears "Toxic" Joseph Kahn[33] 2004-01-132004, January 13 $1,000,000[34] $1,613,108
Kanye West
(featuring Lupe Fiasco) 		"Touch the Sky" Chris Milk[citation needed] 2006-04-002006, April $1,000,000[35] $1,511,390
Ayumi Hamasaki "Jewel" Wataru Takeishi[citation needed] 2006-11-002006, November $1,100,000[16] $1,662,529
Mylène Farmer "L'Âme-stram-gram" Ching Siu-Tung[citation needed] 1996-03-201999 $1,000,000[36] $1,829,005
Janet Jackson "I Get Lonely" Paul Hunter[citation needed] 1998-03-011998, March $1,000,000[37] $1,869,334
Ayumi Hamasaki "Virgin Road" Masashi Muto[citation needed] 2010-09-272010, September 27 $1,000,000[38] $1,397,223
T-ara "Cry Cry / Lovey Dovey" Cha Eun Taek 2011-11-112011, November 11 $1,000,000[39] $1,354,438
B.A.P "One Shot" Kang Ji Won & Kim Ki-bum 2013-02-122013, February 12 $915,000[40] $1,196,820
Britney Spears "Work Bitch" Ben Mor 2013-10-012013, October 1 $850,000[41] $1,111,800
Pia Zadora "Heartbeat of Love" Dominic Sena[42] 19891989 $800,000[42] $1,966,389
Britney Spears "Oops!...I Did It Again" Nigel Dick[citation needed] 2000-04-102000, April 10 $750,000[43] $1,326,957
Mylène Farmer "California" Abel Ferrara[citation needed] 1996-03-201996, March 20 $700,000[44] $1,359,898
David Bowie "Ashes to Ashes" David Bowie & David Mallet[45] 1980-01-011980 May $582,000[46][47] $2,152,178
Britney Spears "Hold It Against Me" Jonas Åkerlund[48] 2011-02-172011, February 17 $500,000[49] $654,000
Mylène Farmer "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" Laurent Boutonnat[citation needed] 1988-09-121988, September 12 $500,000[44] $1,288,126
Britney Spears "Piece of Me" Wayne Isham[50] 2007-12-142007, December 14 $500,000[51] $734,714
2NE1 "Come Back Home" Teddy Park 2014-03-042014, March 4 $500,000 $643,520

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