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When MTV started in the 80s everything in the music business changed: music was not anymore audio to consume, but was also something video. No artist couldn’t release a song without the relative video-clip and here we have the list of the Top 5 most expensive music videos ever made.
5. Black or White – Michael Jackson
The popular song of Michael Jackson that talks about racism came out with a huge media campaign in 1991 and the related video was back in time a cutting edge marvel: using the morphing technology for the first time in a music video (the same technology that made famous back in time the movie Terminator 2) this production used the $4 million budget in its whole.
4. Bedtime Story – Madonna
As you will soon see Madonna and Michael Jackson had the monopoly when it matter of expensive music videos. Bedtime Story’s video was packed with digital effects and, despite the shooting lasted only six days, costed $5 million back in time.
3. Express Yourself – Madonna
Madonna once again with a video inspired by the 1927 classic film Metropolis (like it happened already with Radio Ga Ga by Queen). The video was directed by the Hollywood director David Fincher and his crew and costed more than $5.5 million worth of the 3rd spot in the Top 5 Most expensive music videos ever made.
2. Die Another Day – Madonna
Guess what? Madonna’s video in the Top Five most expensive videos ever made? That’s new! đŸ™‚ This time Madonna is back with the soundtrack of the James Bond movie Die Another Day and with a huge music video production costed $6.1 million with breathtaking special effects and CGI.
1. Scream – Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
When is not Michael Jackson alone … he’s with his sister and they are together on the top spot of the most expensive music videos ever made with the song Scream. The whole cost back in time was $7 million that, adjusted by today’s standards, is way more than $10 million and, since the music video scene is changing, it might stay there on the top spot for many years yet to come.
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Main Source: Wikipedia – Focus – Forbes
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