Music videos or music videos are fundamental parts in an artist’s career, as they are made and used primarily as marketing techniques to promote the sale of their musical recordings. The popularization of music videos increased in the 1980s, when the MTV channel format was created around them.
When deciding which are the most expensive music videos in history, it is impossible not to talk about Madonna there michael jacksonbecause throughout their career, they were indifferent spend millions of dollars so that the videos of their songs remain in our memories. But are not the only ones. Here are the most expensive music videos in music history:
Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson – Scream
The first song that sneaks into this top is the one that belongs to the Jackson brothers. When launched in 1995, it cost around 7 million dollars, while the current cost would be a total of 12.7 million dollars. Directed by Marc Romanekin an effect on black and whitesees himself at king of pop dancing with his sister in a spaceship.
Madonna – Express Yourself
Directed by David Fincherwas inspired by the classic movie metropolis, from 1927. The concept of the video was to portray Madonna as a glamorous, masochistic woman in chains, with muscular men acting as her workmen, and in the end, she chooses one of them as her partner. In 1989, it cost just over 5 millions of dollars. Currently, the value has risen to $11.2 million.
Madonna – Die Another Day
This is Madonna’s second most expensive video and it was also the soundtrack from the eponymous film james bond. It cost approx. 6 million dollars, which would currently be around nine million dollars. On the recording set, many security means were not taken into account, which caused a leak in a few days the Internet save pictures.
Madonna – Bedtime Story
This theme was released in 1995 and costs approx. 5 millions dollars, which would currently be around nine million dollars. It was also directed by the American Marc Romanek. It took six days to shoot and weeks of post-production culminating in a movie releaselike it was a movie.
Michael Jackson – black or white
The video was broadcast worldwide by the Fox network and over 500 million people attended the premiere of the short film, since was released simultaneously in 27 countries. In 1991, the cost of video 4 million dollars, whereas now it would cost around 8 million. It featured appearances from such well-known characters as Macaulay Culkin and Tyra Banks, as well as intricate special effects.
Guns N’ Roses – Stranger
Odd is the third and final installment of the unofficial trilogy of videos featuring Do not Cry there November Rain. The group broke its own record by spending $4 million in the video clip of this song in which Axl Rose dance with dolphins
Aqua – Comic Book Hero
There are doubts as to how 3 million euros of cost, which would now be more than 5 million, when most of the effects were made with a chroma. The band never commented on it.