The most expensive music videos in history

The first video clips appeared in the 1920s simultaneously with the sound cinema. However, the kind in which clips are familiar to modern viewers, they found in 1964 with the start of the broadcast of the Top of the Pops hit parade on the popular BBC channel.

Today video clips are available both on popular music channels and on the Internet. Performers spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on filming to make an indelible impression on the viewer. The most expensive music videos in the history of were included in our today's top ten.

10. Busta Rhymes feat Janet Jackson - single "What's It Gonna Be"( $ 2,400 thousand)

The video was released in March 1999.Most of the money was spent on special effects, as all the video is saturated with various reincarnations of performers, each of which costs just over $ 30 thousand.

9. Mariah Carey - "Heartbreaker"( $ 2,500 thousand)

A clip featuring Jay-Z was filmed in a movie theater, one rent of which cost $ 100,000.About $ 13 thousand was spent on the services of hairdressers and make-up artists, $ 80 thousand was paid for computer graphics.

8. MC Hammer - a failed video "Too Legit to Quit"( $ 2,500 thousand)

The budget of this video, released in 1991, was probably wasted. Video took the 5th place in the list of the worst Australian channel Max. On the MTV channel, the clip showed up in the Top of the loudest failures of all time.

7. Puff Daddy - "Victory"( $ 2 700 thousand)

Steep rappers know a lot about racing, skirmishes, helicopters, suicides. .. All these elements are abundantly presented in the video clip Puff Daddy. Among the invited stars were Danny de Vito, as well as Dennis Hopper. About $ 55 thousand went to an airplane explosion, $ 10 thousand - for artificial rain, $ 21 thousand - for the rental of a helicopter.

6. Guns N 'Roses - "Estranged"( $ 4 000 thousand)

This expensive clip lasts more than 9 minutes. Video is the final part of the trilogy, which previously included the clips "November Rain" and "Do not Cry".The video was released on the screens of American TV in 1993.

5. Michael Jackson - single "Black or White"( $ 4 000 thousand)

The single was written by Jackson on his own and calls for the unification of people of different races. The premiere of the clip took place in November 1991.Directed by John Landis, who was the author of the famous Thriller.

4. Madonna - "Bedtime Story"( $ 5 000 thousand)

The author of this song was Bjork, and the director of the video was Mark Romanek, who worked on Scream Jackson. The video was bought by the New York Museum of Modern Art. The plot was based on the ideas of surrealist artists.

3. Madonna - "Express Yourself"( $ 5,000,000)

The video was one hundred of the best clips from Rolling Stone magazine, as well as the Top 100 of the greatest MTV clips. The plot was based on a silent film "Metropolis" directed by Fritz Lang.

2. Madonna - soundtrack "Die Another Day"( $ 6 100 thousand)

The soundtrack to the eponymous part of the Bond was written by Madonna herself in collaboration with the shocking Mirvays Ahmadzai. Provocative video lasts only four and a half minutes, and as a result, the heroine is put on an electric chair. During the whole clip there are references to different parts of the epic about James Bond.

1. M. Jackson &J. Jackson - "Scream"( $ 7,000 thousand)

The clip was awarded the Grammy Award, and also immediately entered the Guinness Book. The fixed assets were spent on the scenery and rent of the film sets. Much worth the work of make-up artists - about $ 11,000 per day. More than $ 175 thousand spent on lighting, $ 40 thousand was spent on paying for the services of choreographers. Filming the clip took 11 days, each of which cost $ 636 thousand.