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This article lists the most expensive music videos ever made.

Michael Jackson has the most videos on this list, with five. He also holds the record for the most expensive video ever made, "Scream", a duet with sister Janet Jackson. Janet Jackson and Ayumi Hamasaki each make three appearances on the list. Madonna makes three appearances. Hype Williams and Wataru Takeishi have both directed three videos on the list. MC Hammer, a competitor of Jackson at one time, makes the list at least twice. R.I.P. Michael Jackson Artist(s) Song title Director Original air date Production Costs Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson "Scream" Mark Romanek June 13, 1995 $7,000,000[1] Madonna "Die Another Day" Traktor October 22, 2002 $6,000,000+[2] Madonna "Bedtime Story" Mark Romanek 1995 $5,000,000+ [3] Madonna "Express Yourself" David Fincher May 17, 1989 $5,000,000+ [4] Puff Daddy
(featuring Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes) "Victory" Marcus Nispel March 31, 1998 $2,700,000+[1] MC Hammer "Too Legit to Quit" MC Hammer (producer) November, 1991 $2.5 million + [1] Mariah Carey
(featuring Jay-Z) "Heartbreaker" Brett Ratner August 16, 1999 $2,500,000[1] Busta Rhymes
(featuring Janet Jackson) "What's It Gonna Be?!" Hype Williams & Busta Rhymes March 12, 1999 $2,400,000+[1] Celine Dion "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Nigel Dick July 29, 1996 $2,300,000+[2] Michael Jackson "Bad" Martin Scorsese June 1987 $2,200,000+[1] Backstreet Boys "Larger Than Life" Joseph Kahn September 1999 $2,100,000+[1] Ayumi Hamasaki "My Name's Women" Wataru Takeishi April 2005 $2,000,000+[2] Ayumi Hamasaki "Fairyland" Wataru Takeishi August 2005 $2,000,000+[1] Will Smith "Miami" Wayne Isham December 1998 $2,000,000+[1] Missy Elliott "She's a Bitch" Hype Williams May 1, 1999 $2,000,000+[1] George Michael "Freeek!" Joseph Kahn[5] 2002 $2,000,000[1] TLC "Unpretty" Paul Hunter August 29, 1999 $1,600,000+[1] Guns N' Roses "November Rain" Andy Morahan June 2, 1992 $1,500,000+[1] BLACKstreet & Janet Jackson
(featuring Eve & Ja Rule) "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" Joseph Kahn March 23, 1999 $1,500,000+[1] Michael Jackson "Black or White" John Landis November 1991 $1,500,000[1] MC Hammer "Here Comes The Hammer" MC Hammer (producer) January 1, 1991 $1.3 million + [2] Michael Jackson "Remember the Time" John Singleton 1992 $1,200,000+[1] Kanye West "Stronger" Hype Williams July 2007 $1,200,000[1] Duran Duran "Wil Boys" [[]] 1986 $1,200,000[1] Ayumi Hamasaki "Jewel" Wataru Takeishi November 2006 $1,000,000+[2] Britney Spears "Toxic" Joseph Kahn January 2004 $1,000,000[6] Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco "Touch The Sky" Chris Milk April 2006 $1,000,000[7] Michael Jackson "Thriller" John Landis 1983 $1,000,000[8] Mylène Farmer "California" Abel Ferrara March 20, 1996 $700,000[9] Mylène Farmer "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" Laurent Boutonnat September 12, 1988 €500,000[10] Slipknot "Duality" Mark Klasfield March 27, 2004

$300,000-$500,000[11]

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