20 Most Expensive Music Videos

20. "Black Or White" Michael Jackson feat. L.T.B. (1991) — $1.5 million

19. "Unpretty" TLC (1999) — $1.6 million

18. "Green" Ayumi Hamasaki (2008) — $1.6 million

17. "Fairyland" Ayumi Hamasaki (2005) — $2 million

16. "My Name's Women" Ayumi Hamasaki (2005) — $2 million

15. "Freeek!" George Michael (2004) — $2 million

14. "She's a Bitch" Missy Elliott (1999) — $2 million

13. "Miami" Will Smith (1998) — $2 million

12. "Larger Than Life" Backstreet Boys (1999) — $2.1 million

11. "Bad" Michael Jackson (1987) — $2.2 million

10. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Celine Dion (1996) — $2.3 million

9. "What's It Gonna Be?!" Busta Rhymes feat. Janet Jackson (1999) — $2.4 million

8. "Heartbreaker" Mariah Carey feat. Jay-Z (1999) — $2.5 million

7. "Too Legit to Quit" MC Hammer (1992) — $2.5 million

6. "Victory" Puff Daddy feat. Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes (1998) — $2.7 million

5. "Estranged" Guns N' Roses (1993) — $4 million

4. "Bedtime Story" Madonna (1995) — $5 million

3. "Express Yourself" Madonna (1989) — $5 million

2. "Die Another Day" Madonna (2002) — $6.1 million

1. "Scream" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (1995) — $7 million

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ljubavirakija 1st-Jun-2011 05:06 am (UTC)

surprised Gaga isn't on this list

ikerfloppymouth 1st-Jun-2011 05:11 am (UTC)

titi!

konichiwacobra 1st-Jun-2011 05:13 am (UTC)

Titi!

he needs to shave...

st00pidness 1st-Jun-2011 09:23 pm (UTC)

So do you, Zlatan.

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grande_latte 1st-Jun-2011 05:38 am (UTC)

OMG TITI JE TAIME

idreaminargyle 1st-Jun-2011 06:26 am (UTC)

who's titi?

I googled it and ended up getting a species of monkey as the top result

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ineedsoulmate Lady gaga's born this way is No 3 — 1st-Jun-2011 11:23 am (UTC)

Lady gaga's born this way is No 3.

Oh! wait a sec..that's not born this way...

Oh....ah....!

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elusive_charm 1st-Jun-2011 05:06 am (UTC)

today is the last day that I'm using words

sdpt 1st-Jun-2011 05:10 am (UTC)

They've gone out, lost their meaning. Don't function anymore.

torenheksje 1st-Jun-2011 06:13 am (UTC)

That video still impresses me.

leitao 1st-Jun-2011 06:37 am (UTC)

I love that video. Freaked me out as a kid. XD

para1 1st-Jun-2011 09:25 am (UTC)

Bjork wrote that song.

indie_star 1st-Jun-2011 11:41 pm (UTC)

...along with Marius DeVries and Nellee Hooper, and it was co-produced by Nellee Hooper and Madonna. In the end, the song (lyrics and sound) were quite different from what Bjork originally submitted to Nellee apparently.

flowerssleeping 1st-Jun-2011 05:06 am (UTC)

omg i haven't listened to TLC in forever. my cousin was obsessed with them and he'd draw like detailed portraits of each member lol

crazyspaced 1st-Jun-2011 05:09 am (UTC)

lol irl idky this comment is making me laugh so hard.

vzylexy 1st-Jun-2011 05:22 am (UTC)

CrazySexyCool was the first CD I owned. The next one was Rage Against the Machine's Evil Empire. Quite a genre change. :)

kidsalsa20 1st-Jun-2011 05:43 am (UTC)

it was my first CD too!

/csb

neinfraulein 1st-Jun-2011 06:33 am (UTC)

Hahah, me too! I remember my 5 year-old self being *scandalized* reading the liner notes and seeing the word "shit"

jackpeyton 1st-Jun-2011 06:37 am (UTC)

I kid you not, my older brother's first two CD's were the exact same.

klmnumbers 1st-Jun-2011 01:01 pm (UTC)

The first CDs I remember buying are CrazySexyCool, Tidal by Fiona Apple, and Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt. what.

dedebee 1st-Jun-2011 05:38 am (UTC)

Was he the guy on MTV Fanatic????

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dolces 1st-Jun-2011 06:33 am (UTC)

lmaooooooo

crazyspaced 1st-Jun-2011 05:06 am (UTC)

I knew that Scream vid would be no. 1. What about that J.Lo video for Play? I thought that one was super expensive too.

chihaya19 1st-Jun-2011 05:07 am (UTC)

the fuck. not worth the expense at ALL. NONE OF THEMMM

tuluum 1st-Jun-2011 05:14 am (UTC)

tsk tsk

lovely_persona 1st-Jun-2011 05:18 am (UTC)

SMH.

shanny_w 1st-Jun-2011 05:20 am (UTC)

If they wanna blow their money so I can have cherished memories then I thank them :D

rhapsodeeinblue 1st-Jun-2011 05:31 am (UTC)

Wut. Scream was worth every penny.

bob80 1st-Jun-2011 05:37 am (UTC)

girl please

skeet_skeet 1st-Jun-2011 05:37 am (UTC)

Excuse you all MJ videos are worth the expense.

scarletfbl 1st-Jun-2011 06:15 am (UTC)

What? Ayumi's "Green" was well worth it. I just watched that shit right now, and was blown away by how beautiful it was.

kawaiisis86 1st-Jun-2011 10:57 am (UTC)

RIGHT I've loved that song (the original V) for years and I didn't think that the orchestra v and video could make me stan for the song even more.

wicky_wicky 1st-Jun-2011 06:43 am (UTC)

i kind of agree tbh

it's gross to spend that much money on ~3 minutes of video for a song that will go out of fashion in a couple of months

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numbedtoe 1st-Jun-2011 06:46 am (UTC)

I agree with you tbh. Even if a few are fairly iconic. I kept looking at them and going, wtf did they cost this much?

kimberwyn 1st-Jun-2011 07:10 am (UTC)

some of them i knew, but a couple of them are surprising...

brucelynn 1st-Jun-2011 07:46 am (UTC)

STFU TBQH

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grapefruitzzz 1st-Jun-2011 11:42 am (UTC)

True. All experts conclude that 'Single Ladies' was the best video of all time and that wasn't very expensive.

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sdpt 1st-Jun-2011 05:08 am (UTC)

Bedtime Story... my favorite Madonna song

happypekpek 1st-Jun-2011 05:10 am (UTC)

you mean your favorite bjork song. jk jk

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indie_star 1st-Jun-2011 11:45 pm (UTC)

It's Madonna's song too, she worked on it. Bjork submitted it to Nelle Hooper who along with Marius DeVries wrote it, and it was co-produced by Nellee Hooper and Madonna. In the end, the song (lyrics and sound) were 'quite' different from what Bjork originally submitted to Nellee apparently.

leviicorpus 1st-Jun-2011 05:08 am (UTC)

idk whether I should be embarrassed or not that I still know all the words to that Celine Dion song.

THERE WERE NIGHTS WHEN THE WIND WAS SO COLD

andi88 1st-Jun-2011 05:10 am (UTC)

She's pretty flawless, you shouldn't be.

the_wolski 1st-Jun-2011 05:15 am (UTC)

it's an amazing song, so no

bluesforgotten 1st-Jun-2011 05:22 am (UTC)

such a good song to blast in the car with friends, tbh. i'm glad i know the words! haha

wackypinkbunny 1st-Jun-2011 05:34 am (UTC)

I love that song! Nothing to be ashamed of!

kawaiisis86 1st-Jun-2011 11:03 am (UTC)

Video/Song is EPIC

xstellargrl 1st-Jun-2011 05:32 pm (UTC)

That my body in bed if I just listen to it right outside the window...

(going to listen to this now.)

sprinklebell 1st-Jun-2011 05:08 am (UTC)

i always forget Tyra is in that vid

duhbell 1st-Jun-2011 05:22 am (UTC)

I remember seeing her talk about it once, and she completely forgot the choreography that she was supposed to learn, so when it came time for her part she just made a funny face and the director liked it.
Everything went better than expected.

ebertrules 1st-Jun-2011 06:27 am (UTC)

i'm loling over the fact that there was choreography

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dedebee Tyra's best music video appearance — 1st-Jun-2011 05:40 am (UTC)

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xstellargrl 1st-Jun-2011 05:33 pm (UTC)

It's crazy the amount of people who made cameos in Michaels videso before becoming big.

duotangle 1st-Jun-2011 05:08 am (UTC)

That's a lot of money

Are the costs adjusted for today? Or was it really $7 million in 95?

not that it's a big difference

bananasnrum 1st-Jun-2011 05:08 am (UTC)

1995

bob80 1st-Jun-2011 05:38 am (UTC)

that is the cost for then

ewokie 1st-Jun-2011 05:39 am (UTC)

Yeah, it's the value at the time of production. I remember them making a big deal about that video's cost in 1995.

bluesforgotten 1st-Jun-2011 05:09 am (UTC)

not surprised how many are madonna and mj

the unpretty video was surprising though, damn i loved tlc back in the day

this post also reminds me how excite i am for new pop up video