# The most expensive music videos ever made

Led by Michael and Janet Jackson's $7 million "Scream", with Madonna, Guns N' Roses and Ayumi Hamasaki further down: the most expensive music videos whose budgets have been disclosed, in the order of Wikipedia's list, which draws on reporting by Forbes, Billboard and others.

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## Top 23

1. **"Bedtime Story" – Madonna** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1995, directed by Mark Romanek. Budget: about $5 million.
2. **"Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1995, directed by Mark Romanek. Budget: about $7 million.
3. **"Black or White" – Michael Jackson** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1991, directed by John Landis. Budget: about $4 million.
4. **"You Rock My World" – Michael Jackson** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2001, directed by Paul Hunter. Budget: about $4 million.
5. **"Make Me Like You" – Gwen Stefani** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2016, directed by Sophie Muller. Budget: about $4 million.
6. **"Feelslikeimfallinginlove" – Coldplay** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2024, directed by Ben Mor. Budget: about €3 million.
7. **"2 Legit 2 Quit" – MC Hammer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1991, directed by Rupert Wainwright. Budget: about $2.5 million.
8. **"Heartbreaker" – Mariah Carey (featuring Jay-Z)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1999, directed by Brett Ratner. Budget: about $2.5 million.
9. **"Honey" – Mariah Carey** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1997, directed by Paul Hunter. Budget: about $2 million.
10. **"Freeek!" – George Michael** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2002, directed by Joseph Kahn. Budget: about $2 million.
11. **"My Name's Women" – Ayumi Hamasaki** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2005, directed by Wataru Takeishi. Budget: about $2 million.
12. **"Die Another Day" – Madonna** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2002, directed by Traktor. Budget: about $6.1 million.
13. **"Express Yourself" – Madonna** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1989, directed by David Fincher. Budget: about $5 million.
14. **"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" – Limp Bizkit** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2000, directed by Fred Durst. Budget: about $3 million.
15. **"Victory" – Puff Daddy (featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998, directed by Marcus Nispel. Budget: about $2.7 million.
16. **"Doesn't Really Matter" – Janet Jackson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2000, directed by Joseph Kahn. Budget: about $2.5 million.
17. **"What's It Gonna Be?!" – Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999, directed by Hype Williams. Budget: about $2.4 million.
18. **"It's All Coming Back to Me Now" – Celine Dion** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996, directed by Nigel Dick. Budget: about $2.3 million.
19. **"Bad" – Michael Jackson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1987, directed by Martin Scorsese. Budget: about $2.2 million.
20. **"Larger Than Life" – Backstreet Boys** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999, directed by Joseph Kahn. Budget: about $2.1 million.
21. **"Remember the Time" – Michael Jackson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1992, directed by John Singleton. Budget: about $2 million.
22. **"Fairyland" – Ayumi Hamasaki** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2005, directed by Wataru Takeishi. Budget: about $2 million.
23. **"Estranged" – Guns N' Roses** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1993, directed by Andy Morahan. Budget: about $5 million.

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