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This article lists the most expensive [[music video]]s ever made, with costs of $500,000 or more.

[[David Bowie]]'s video for the 1980 single "[[Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes]]" was the first music video to exceed this sum. [[Janet Jackson]] and [[Britney Spears]] have six videos each on the list, while [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] have five each. [[Madonna]] has made three appearances in the top five, and five total, making her the artist with the most expensive videos of all time combined. [[TLC (group)|TLC]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Kanye West]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Mylène Farmer]] and [[MC Hammer]] appear on the list twice.

[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]] has directed seven, [[Paul Hunter (director)|Paul Hunter]] has directed four, while [[Hype Williams]], Cha Eun Taek and [[Wataru Takeishi]] have directed three. [[Nigel Dick]], [[Mark Romanek]] and [[John Landis]] appear twice, the latter with videos both for Michael Jackson. This list only includes music videos with an announced or reported budget.

Romanek, who made Michael and Janet Jackson's "[[Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)|Scream]]", which was claimed to be one of the most expensive music videos ever made, has since denied this claim, saying that there were two other music videos from the same era which cost "millions more" than "Scream".<ref>((cite web |last=Tewksbury |first=Drew |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/09/15/129890627/speaking-of-the-vmas-mark-romanek-wasn-t-there |title=Mark Romanek: 'Never Let Me Go' Director On His Music Video Career : The Record |website=NPR |date=September 16, 2010 |access-date=April 19, 2013 |archive-date=January 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129012351/http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/09/15/129890627/speaking-of-the-vmas-mark-romanek-wasn-t-there |url-status=live ))</ref> In a 2017 interview, [[Mick Garris]], a writer for ''[[Michael Jackson's Ghosts]]'' stated that after several years of production development for the ''Ghosts'' short film: "It became the most expensive music video ever made...it ended up coming in at about $15 million, all of it out of Michael's pocket."<ref>((cite web |last=S |first=M |url=http://ew.com/music/2017/10/16/mick-garris-michael-jackson-thriller/ |title=How Hocus Pocus writer Mick Garris went from 'Thriller' extra to Michael Jackson collaborator |publisher=EW |access-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016212615/http://ew.com/music/2017/10/16/mick-garris-michael-jackson-thriller/ |url-status=live ))</ref>

== Most expensive music videos ==
((legend|#FAEB86|Indicates the title was the most expensive of all time at the time of production))
((legend|#FFB6C1|Indicates non-English-language music videos))
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Most expensive music videos
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Rank
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Artist(s)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Director
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Cost (((estimation)))
! scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | ((Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)))
|-
! scope="col" | Nominal
! scope="col" | Adjusted
|-

| 1
! scope="row" style="background:#FAEB86" | "[[Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)|Scream]]"
| [[Michael Jackson]] & [[Janet Jackson]]
| ((sort|Romanek, Mark|[[Mark Romanek]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" | $7,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|7000000|1995))|long=no))
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Forbes">((cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2014/08/24/the-top-5-most-expensive-music-videos-of-all-time/#247937bd1ca5 |last=Mclntyre|first=Hugh|title=The 5 Most Expensive Music Videos Of All Time |date=August 24, 2015 |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010124633/https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2014/08/24/the-top-5-most-expensive-music-videos-of-all-time/ |archive-date=October 10, 2015 ))</ref><ref name="thisdayinmusic">((cite web|url=https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/expensive-music-videos/ |title=Six Very Expensive Music Videos (and a cheap one) |work=This Day in Music |date=August 8, 2018 |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221172801/https://www.thisdayinmusic.com/liner-notes/expensive-music-videos/ |archive-date=December 21, 2019 |quote=We blame Michael Jackson. Ever since his 1983 – 13 minute and 43 second long “Thriller” video, artists have attempted to make something bigger and better ))</ref>
|-
| 2
! scope="row" | "[[Die Another Day (song)|Die Another Day]]"
| rowspan="3"|[[Madonna]]
| Traktor
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" | $6,100,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|6100000|2002))|long=no))
|-
| rowspan="2"|3
! scope="row" style="background:#FAEB86" | "[[Express Yourself (Madonna song)|Express Yourself]]"
| ((sort|Fincher, David|[[David Fincher]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|5000000|1989))|long=no))
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#FAEB86" | "[[Bedtime Story (Madonna song)|Bedtime Story]]"
| ((sort|Romanek, Mark|Mark Romanek))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|5000000|1995))|long=no))
|-
| 5
! scope="row" | "[[Estranged (song)|Estranged]]"
| [[Guns N' Roses]]
| ((sort|Morahan, Andy|[[Andy Morahan]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1993
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|5000000|1993))|long=no))
|-
| rowspan="2"|6
! scope="row" | "[[Black or White]]"
| [[Michael Jackson]]
| ((sort|Landis, John|[[John Landis]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1991
| style="text-align:right;" | $4,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|4000000|1991))|long=no))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Make Me Like You]]"
| [[Gwen Stefani]]
| ((sort|Muller, Sophie|[[Sophie Muller]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2016
| style="text-align:right;" | $4,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|4000000|2016))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Make Me Like You (Gwen Stefani song)":
*((cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6882920/brass-tacks-gwen-stefani-12-million-live-music-video-target-trend |last=Gensler|first=Andy|title=Down to Brass Tacks: Gwen Stefani's $12 Million Live Music Video for Target New Centerpiece to a Emerging Trend |date=February 22, 2016 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209060225/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6882920/brass-tacks-gwen-stefani-12-million-live-music-video-target-trend |archive-date=December 9, 2019))
*((cite magazine|last1=Tacopino|first1=Joe|title=No Doubt Cast Themselves as Truckers in 'Settle Down' Video|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sophie-muller-talks-about-making-trucker-themed-video-for-no-doubts-settle-down-20120716|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=December 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054028/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sophie-muller-talks-about-making-trucker-themed-video-for-no-doubts-settle-down-20120716 |archive-date=December 21, 2016))</ref>
|-
| 8
! scope="row" | "[[Cartoon Heroes]]"
| [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]]
| ((sort|Masin, Thomas|Thomas Masin))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | $3,500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|3500000|2000))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=January 2023))
|-
| 9
! scope="row" | [[Rollin' (Limp Bizkit song)|"Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"]]
| [[Limp Bizkit]]
| [[Fred Durst]]
| style="text-align:center;"|2000
| style="text-align:right;"|$3,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"|$4,614,581
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((Cite web|last=NME|date=January 4, 2001|title=ROLLIN' WITH IT!|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-202-1388802|access-date=April 17, 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417042312/https://www.nme.com/news/music/limp-bizkit-202-1388802|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
| 10
! scope="row" | "[[Victory (Puff Daddy song)|Victory]]"
| [[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy]]<br />(featuring [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] & [[Busta Rhymes]])
| ((sort|Nispel, Marcus|[[Marcus Nispel]]))
| style="text-align:center;" | 1998
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,700,000
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((inflation|US|2700000|1998))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>"Victory (Puff Daddy song)":
*((cite web |url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/bad-boy-for-life-20-facts-about-puff-daddy-the-familys-no-way-out |last=Brown |first=Preezy |title=Bad Boy For Life: 20 Facts About Puff Daddy & The Family's 'No Way Out' |date=July 1, 2017 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703215552/https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/bad-boy-for-life-20-facts-about-puff-daddy-the-familys-no-way-out |archive-date=July 3, 2017 ))
*((cite web|url=https://ontheaside.com/music/puff-daddy-declared-himself-a-superstar-on-no-way-out/|last=Wong|first=Alex|title=Puff Daddy declared himself a superstar on No Way Out|date=August 9, 2017|website=A. Side|access-date=May 8, 2020|quote=In 1997, No Way Out was the quintessential Bad Boy Record. In 2017, it's a certified classic|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627041933/https://ontheaside.com/music/puff-daddy-declared-himself-a-superstar-on-no-way-out/|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |11
! scope="row" | "[[2 Legit 2 Quit]]"
| [[MC Hammer]]
| ((sort|Wainwright, Rupert|[[Rupert Wainwright]]))
| style="text-align:center;" | 1991
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,500,000
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((inflation|US|2500000|1991))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>"2 Legit 2 Quit (MC Hammer song)":
*((cite web|url=https://digg.com/2015/mc-hammer-2-legit-2-quit-is-insane|last=Gusev|first=Rodion|title=15 Minutes Of Shame: MC Hammer's '2 Legit 2 Quit'|date=June 2, 2015|website=Digg|access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613035932/https://digg.com/2015/mc-hammer-2-legit-2-quit-is-insane|archive-date=June 13, 2015))
*((cite web|url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/throwback-thursday-hammer-2legit2quit |last=Strauss|first=Chriss|title=MC Hammer's "2 Legit 2 Quit" video featured some of the best athlete and celebrity cameos of all-time|date=December 26, 2013|website=ForTheWin|access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303111523/http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/throwback-thursday-hammer-2legit2quit/|archive-date=March 3, 2014))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey song)|Heartbreaker]]"
| [[Mariah Carey]] (featuring [[Jay-Z]])
| ((sort|Ratner, Brett|[[Brett Ratner]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2500000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3 |title='Rainbow' Displays Array Of Styles|last=Flick|first=Larry|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|date=October 16, 1999|access-date=March 16, 2011 |page=101 |issn=0006-2510 |volume=111 |number=42))*((cite web|url=http://music.uk.msn.com/photos/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=150253228&page=3|title=The Most Expensive Music Videos Ever Made: Mariah Carey – Heartbreaker|work=[[MSN Music]]|publisher=[[MSN]]|date=October 17, 2009|access-date=March 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809234423/http://music.uk.msn.com/photos/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=150253228&page=3|archive-date=August 9, 2011|url-status=dead))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Doesn't Really Matter]]"
| [[Janet Jackson]]
| ((sort|Kahn, Joseph|[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2500000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Doesn't Really Matter (Janet Jackson song)":
*((cite episode|title=Janet Jackson: Doesn't Really Matter|series=[[Making the Video]]|network=[[MTV]]|date=June 28, 2000|season=3|number=2))
*((cite web|url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/most-expensive-music-videos/|title=The 5 Artists With the Most Expensive Music Videos of All Time|last=Bather|first=Luke|website=[[Highsnobiety]]|date=June 2, 2015|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206071230/https://www.highsnobiety.com/|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
| 14
! scope="row" | "[[What's It Gonna Be?!]]"
| [[Busta Rhymes]] (featuring [[Janet Jackson]])
| ((sort|Williams, Hype|[[Hype Williams]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,400,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2400000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-music-videos-2014-1|title=The Most Expensive Music Videos Of All Time|website=[[Insider (news website)|Insider]]|accessdate=February 7, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207234406/https://www.businessinsider.com/most-expensive-music-videos-2014-1|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
| 15
! scope="row" | "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]"
| [[Celine Dion]]
| ((sort|Dick, Nigel|[[Nigel Dick]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,300,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2300000|1996))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=vh1/>
|-
| 16
! scope="row" style="background:#FAEB86" | "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]"
| [[Michael Jackson]]
| ((sort|Scorsese, Martin|[[Martin Scorsese]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2200000|1987))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=vh1/>
|-
| 17
! scope="row" | "[[Larger than Life (song)|Larger Than Life]]"
| [[Backstreet Boys]]
| ((sort|Kahn, Joseph|[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,100,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2100000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=vh1/>
|-
| rowspan="7" |18
! scope="row" | "[[Remember the Time]]"
| [[Michael Jackson]]
| ((sort|Singleton, John|[[John Singleton]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2000000|1992))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=vh1/>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]"
| [[Mariah Carey]]
| ((sort|Hunter, Paul|[[Paul Hunter (director)|Paul Hunter]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1997
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2000000|1997))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((Cite book|last1=Carey|first1=Mariah|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1157767321|title=The meaning of Mariah Carey|date=2020|last2=Davis|first2=Michaela Angela|isbn=978-1-250-16468-1|edition=1st|pages=215|publisher=Henry Holt and Company |oclc=1157767321|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503001726/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1157767321|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Miami (Will Smith song)|Miami]]"
| [[Will Smith]]
| ((sort|Isham, Wayne|[[Wayne Isham]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2000000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[She's a Bitch]]"
| [[Missy Elliott]]
| ((sort|Williams, Hype|[[Hype Williams]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2000000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Freeek!]]"
| [[George Michael]]
| ((sort|Kahn, Joseph|[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2000000|2002))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=http://onlinemusikvideos.com/2578-george-michael-freeek%21.php |title=George Michael - "Freeek!"|website=Online Music Videos |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726052652/http://onlinemusikvideos.com/2578-george-michael-freeek%21.php |archive-date=July 26, 2011 ))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Step You/Is This Love?|My Name's Women]]"
| rowspan="2" | ((sort|Hamasaki, Ayumi|[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]))
| ((sort|Takeishi, Wataru|[[Wataru Takeishi]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2000000|2005))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=vh1>((cite web|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/maxshi/25-most-expensive-music-videos |last=Runtagh|first=Jordan|title=The 25 Most Expensive Music Videos Ever Made |date=September 26, 2013|work=[[VH1]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001052113/http://www.vh1.com/news/51609/25-most-expensive-music-videos/ |archive-date=October 1, 2015 ))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Fairyland (Ayumi Hamasaki song)|Fairyland]]"
| ((sort|Takeishi, Wataru|[[Wataru Takeishi]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2000000|2005))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2138362289068572501 |script-title=ja:制作費2億4千万のPV『fairyland』歌姫浜崎あゆみ |date=November 8, 2013|website=Matome |access-date=May 8, 2020 |trans-title=PV “fairyland” diva Ayumi Hamasaki with a production cost of 240 yen |language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803080254/https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2138362289068572501 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |url-status=dead))</ref>

|-
|25
! scope="row" | "[[Me Against the Music]]"
| [[Britney Spears]] (featuring [[Madonna]])
| ((sort|Hunter, Paul|[[Paul Hunter (director)|Paul Hunter]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2003
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,750,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1750000|2003))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyE5AQAAIAAJ&q=Me%20Against%20the%20Music|chapter=Figures|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|date=2004|access-date=March 17, 2023|page=3|isbn=9780851121994 |url-access=limited|quote=couple Britney and Madonna's ' Me Against the Music ' is the subject of a $ 1.75m video |last1=Roberts |first1=David |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited ))</ref>

|-
| rowspan="2"|26
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Days/Green|Green]]"
| ((sort|Hamasaki, Ayumi|[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]))
| ((sort|Shimomura, Kazuyoshi|Kazuyoshi Shimomura))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2008
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,600,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1800000|2005))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Expensive">((cite web |url=https://www.finance101.com/most-expensive-music-videos/ |last=Corkery |first=Emily |title=The jaw-dropping price tag of the most expensive music videos |date=October 17, 2019 |website=Finance 101 |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626180514/https://www.finance101.com/most-expensive-music-videos/ |url-status=live ))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Unpretty]]"
| [[TLC (group)|TLC]]
| ((sort|Hunter, Paul|[[Paul Hunter (director)|Paul Hunter]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,600,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1600000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.finance101.com/most-expensive-music-videos/|title=The jaw-dropping price tag of the most expensive music videos|last=Corkery|first=Emily|website=Finance 101|date=October 14, 2019|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207130228/https://www.finance101.com/most-expensive-music-videos/|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"|28
! scope="row" | "[[November Rain]]"
| [[Guns N' Roses]]
| ((sort|Morahan, Andy|[[Andy Morahan]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1500000|1992))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/guns-n-roses-november-rain-becomes-first-rock-video-to-land-one-billion-youtube-views/|title=Guns N' Roses' 'November Rain' Becomes First Rock Video To Land One Billion YouTube Views|date=July 16, 2018|accessdate=February 7, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207234409/https://musicfeeds.com.au/news/guns-n-roses-november-rain-becomes-first-rock-video-to-land-one-billion-youtube-views/|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Girlfriend/Boyfriend]]"
| [[Blackstreet]] & [[Janet Jackson]] (featuring [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] & [[Ja Rule]])
| ((sort|Kahn, Joseph|[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1500000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=vh1/>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Give Me All Your Luvin']]"
| [[Madonna]] (featuring [[Nicki Minaj]] & [[M.I.A. (rapper)|M.I.A.]])
| ((sort|Force, Mega|Megaforce))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1500000|2012))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite news|title=Megaforce Interview: 'Working with Madonna'|date=February 15, 2012|work=[[20 minutes (Switzerland)|20 minutes]]|page=3|oclc=427962538))</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|31
! scope="row" | "[[Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em|Here Comes the Hammer]]"
| [[MC Hammer]]
| ((sort|Hammer, MC|[[MC Hammer]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1990
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1,000,000|1990))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Rees">((harvnb|Rees|Crampton|1999|p=438))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Ready or Not (Fugees song)|Ready or Not]]"
| [[Fugees]]
| ((sort|Nispel, Marcus|[[Marcus Nispel]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,300,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1300000|1996))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
| rowspan="2"|33
! scope="row" | "[[Work Bitch]]"((efn|Industry insiders from Planet Hollywood reported that the music video's total production and editing costs amounted to $6.5 million, as stipulated by the contract Spears signed in her residency requirements, making it the second most expensive music video of all time. Later, the director disclaimed the costs; they were not nearly to $6.5 million at all.))
| ((sort|Spears, Britney|[[Britney Spears]]))
| ((sort|Mor, Ben|Ben Mor))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1200000|2013))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Work Bitch (Britney Spears song)":
*((cite web |url=https://www.vh1.com/news/1k9g65/britney-work-bitch-budget |last=Graham |first=Mark |title=So How Much Did Britney's "Work Bitch" Video Cost, Anyway? Three Music Video Directors Weigh In |date=November 11, 2013 |work=[[VH1]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103155136/http://www.vh1.com/news/51710/britney-work-bitch-budget/ |archive-date=November 3, 2015 ))
*((cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1714637/britney-spears-work-bitch-ben-mor.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Is 'About To Show All These Bitches How It's Done'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|publisher=[[MTV News]] (MTV Networks)|date=September 26, 2013|access-date=October 3, 2013|archive-date=September 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929032335/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1714637/britney-spears-work-bitch-ben-mor.jhtml|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Stronger (Kanye West song)|Stronger]]"
| [[Kanye West]]
| ((sort|Williams, Hype|[[Hype Williams]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2007
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1200000|2007))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Stronger (Kanye West song)":
*((cite web |last=Macleod |first=Duncan |title=Kanye West Stronger In Japan |url=http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2007/kanye-west-stronger/ |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019001031/http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2007/kanye-west-stronger/ |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |date=August 20, 2007))
*((cite web |last=Reid |first= Shaheem |title=Kanye Added Perfectionist Touch — And Venetian-Blind Glasses — To 'Stronger' Video: VMA Lens Recap |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1568968/kanye-added-perfectionist-touch-and-venetian-blind-glasses-to-stronger-video-vma-lens-recap/ |work=[[MTV]] |publisher=[[MTV Networks]] |date=September 5, 2007 |access-date=October 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007053109/http://www.mtv.com/news/1568968/kanye-added-perfectionist-touch-and-venetian-blind-glasses-to-stronger-video-vma-lens-recap/ | archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=live))</ref>
|-
|33
! scope="row" | "[[I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)]]"
| [[Grace Jones]]
| ((sort|Jones, Grace|Grace Jones))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1986
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1200000|1986))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="BB">((cite magazine|date=November 11, 1986|title=On the Beat|magazine=Billboard|page=22|volume=98|number=46|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-11-15.pdf|access-date=November 16, 2022|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625082456/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-11-15.pdf|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
| 36
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Secret (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|Jewel]]"
| ((sort|Hamasaki, Ayumi|[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]))
| ((sort|Takeishi, Wataru|[[Wataru Takeishi]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,100,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1100000|2006))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
| rowspan="2"|37
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Boss (2013 Hindi film)#Soundtrack|Party All Night]]"
| [[Yo Yo Honey Singh]] & [[Meet Bros]]
| ((sort|D'Souza, Anthony|Anthony D'Souza))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,025,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((To USD|97000000|IND|year=2013|round=yes))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Bollywood">((cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment/movies/hindi/10-expensive-songs-ever-made-bollywood/ |last=Hora|first=Sukriti|title=10 Of The Mose Expensive Songs ever made in Bollywood|date=February 7, 2018 |website=Buzz |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330075911/https://in.bookmyshow.com/entertainment/movies/hindi/10-expensive-songs-ever-made-bollywood/|archive-date=March 30, 2019))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "Hurt"
| [[Oliver Tree]]
| ((sort|Tree, Oliver|[[Oliver Tree]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2018
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,024,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1024000|2018))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
| rowspan="16" |39
! scope="row" style="background:#FAEB86" | ((sort|"Wild Boys, The"|"[[The Wild Boys (song)|The Wild Boys]]"))
| [[Duran Duran]]
| ((sort|Mulcahy, Russell|[[Russell Mulcahy]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1984
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1984))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Dominion (song)|Dominion/Mother Russia]]"
| ((sort|Sisters of Mercy|[[The Sisters of Mercy]]))
| ((sort|Eldritch, Andrew|[[Andrew Eldritch]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1988
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1988))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Love Is Strong]]"
| ((sort|Rolling Stones|[[The Rolling Stones]]))
| ((sort|Fincher, David|[[David Fincher]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1994
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1994))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Waterfalls (TLC song)|Waterfalls]]"
| [[TLC (group)|TLC]]
| ((sort|Gray, F. Gary|[[F. Gary Gray]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1995))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[I Get Lonely]]" (remix)
| ((sort|Jackson, Janet|[[Janet Jackson]]))
| ((sort|Hunter, Paul|[[Paul Hunter (director)|Paul Hunter]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1998))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[L'Âme-stram-gram]]"
| ((sort|Farmer, Mylene|[[Mylène Farmer]]))
| [[Ching Siu-tung]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Love (S.E.S. song)|Love]]"
| ((sort|S.E.S.|[[S.E.S. (band)|S.E.S.]]))
| Hong JongHo
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Thong Song]]" (remix)
| [[Sisqó]] & [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]]
| ((sort|Little X|[[Director X|Little X]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2000))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Don't Say Goodbye (Paulina Rubio song)|Don't Say Goodbye]]"
| [[Paulina Rubio]]
| ((sort|Brother Strause|[[Greg and Colin Strause|The Brothers Strause]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2002))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Don't Say Goodbye (Paulina Rubio's song)":
*((cite web |url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/los-cantantes-latinos-que-lograron-exito-en-ingles |title=Los cantantes latinos que lograron éxito en inglés |date=March 17, 2016 |website=Milenio |access-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-date=June 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607155658/https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/los-cantantes-latinos-que-lograron-exito-en-ingles |url-status=live ))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]"
| ((sort|Spears, Britney|[[Britney Spears]]))
| ((sort|Kahn, Joseph|[[Joseph Kahn (director)|Joseph Kahn]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2004
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2004))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Toxic (Britney Spears song)":
*((cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/473010/britney-spears-10-best-music-videos-readers-poll-results |title=Britney Spears' 10 Best Music Videos: Readers' Poll Results |date=February 17, 2011 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702123945/https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/473010/britney-spears-10-best-music-videos-readers-poll-results |archive-date=July 2, 2016 ))
*((cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490554/20040825/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Yes, Britney Really Is Naked In The 'Toxic' Video: VMA Lens Recap - News Story &#124; MTV News|date=August 25, 2004|access-date=August 22, 2010|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|archive-date=April 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426220443/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490554/vma-lens-recap-britneys-toxic-video.jhtml|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Touch the Sky (Kanye West song)|Touch the Sky]]"
| ((sort|West, Kanye|[[Kanye West]])) (featuring [[Lupe Fiasco]])
| ((sort|Milk, Chris|[[Chris Milk]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2006))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Touch the Sky (Kanye West song)":
*((cite news |last=Zisook |first=Brian  |title=Kanye West "Spent His Last Dime" to Bankroll "Touch The Sky" Video |url=https://djbooth.net/features/2016-10-07-kanye-west-touch-the-sky-video-story |newspaper=Djbooth |access-date=January 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222112820/https://djbooth.net/features/2016-10-07-kanye-west-touch-the-sky-video-story |archive-date=February 22, 2018 |date=October 7, 2016 |url-status=live))
*((cite news | title=Pamela Anderson in Kanye West's "Touch the Sky" from Celebrity Music Videos Cameos | url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/13870/celebrity-music-videos-cameos/421454 | website=[[E! News]] | access-date=January 2, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519134705/https://www.eonline.com/photos/13870/celebrity-music-videos-cameos/421454 | archive-date=May 19, 2019 | url-status=live ))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Call on Me (Janet Jackson song)|Call on Me]]"
| ((sort|Jackson, Janet|[[Janet Jackson]] & [[Nelly]]))
| ((sort|Williams, Hype|[[Hype Williams]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2006
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2006))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="welt.de">((cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article836335/Die-teuersten-Musikvideos-aller-Zeiten.html|title=Rangliste: Die teuersten Musikvideos aller Zeiten|work=[[Die Welt]]|date=April 27, 2007|access-date=September 10, 2017|language=de|archive-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312120101/https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article836335/Die-teuersten-Musikvideos-aller-Zeiten.html|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| ((sort|"Virgin Road"|"[[L (Ayumi Hamasaki EP)|Virgin Road]]"))
| ((sort|Hamasaki, Ayumi|[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]))
| ((sort|Muto, Masashi|Masashi Muto))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2010
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2010))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" | ((sort|"New Day Has Come, A"|"[[A New Day Has Come (song)|A New Day Has Come]]"))
| ((sort|Dion, Celine|[[Celine Dion]]))
| ((sort|Meyers, Dave|[[Dave Meyers (director)|Dave Meyers]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2011))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=September 2020))
|-
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Black Eyes (EP)|Cry Cry/Lovey Dovey]]"
| ((sort|T-ara|[[T-ara]]))
| Cha Eun Taek
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2011))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Korea Videos"/>
|-
!scope="row" | "[[The Ghost of You]]"
|[[My Chemical Romance]]
|Marc Webb
|style="text-align:center;"|2005
| style="text-align:center;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|2011))|long=no))
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/most-expensive-hard-rock-music-videos/|last=Schaffner|first=Lauryn|title=The 5 Most Expensive Hard Rock Music Videos of All Time|date=September 25, 2020|website=[[loudwire]]|access-date=August 18, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818201740/https://loudwire.com/most-expensive-hard-rock-music-videos/))</ref>
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| 55
! scope="row" | "[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]"
| [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]
| ((sort|Evans, Karena|Karena Evans))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2018
| style="text-align:right;" | $996,632
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|996632|2018))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-drakes-million-dollar-donation-spree-in-gods-plan-video-197171/ |last=Reed|first=Ryan|title=Watch Drake's Million-Dollar Donation Spree in 'God's Plan' Video |date=February 16, 2018 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024144836/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-drakes-million-dollar-donation-spree-in-gods-plan-video-197171/ |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |quote=Rapper buys groceries, writes checks to Miami institutions in heartfelt clip for ‘Scary Hours’ single))</ref>
|-
| 56
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[One Shot (EP)|One Shot]]"
| [[B.A.P (South Korean band)|B.A.P]]
| ((sort|Kang Ji Won & Kim Ki Bum|Kang Ji Won &<br/>[[Kim Ki-bum]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" | $915,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|915000|2013))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Korea Videos"/>
|-
| 57
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "Honey Honey"
| [[Gangkiz]]
| Cha Eun Taek
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| style="text-align:right;" | $900,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|900000|2012))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|((citation needed|date=January 2024))
|-
| 58
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Destiny (Infinite song)|Destiny]]"
| [[Infinite (band)|Infinite]]
| Hong Won-ki
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" | $890,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|890000|2013))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Korea Videos">((cite web|url=https://kstarlive.com/article/2019/06/12/k-pop-s-top-5-most-insanely-expensive-music-videos-235110|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626095235/https://kstarlive.com/article/2019/06/12/k-pop-s-top-5-most-insanely-expensive-music-videos-235110|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2020|title=Five of the Most Expensive K-Pop Music Videos in History|date=June 12, 2019|website=K Star Live|access-date=May 8, 2020))</ref>
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| 59
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Kilimanjaro (song)|Kilimanjaro]]"
| [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Javed Ali]], & [[Chinmayi]]
| [[S. Shankar]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2010
| style="text-align:right;" | $875,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|875000|2010))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Bollywood"/>
|-
| 60
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Malang (song)|Malang]]"
| [[Pritam]] (featuring [[Siddharth Mahadevan]] & [[Shilpa Rao]])
| [[Vijay Krishna Acharya]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" | $850,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((To USD|97000000|IND|year=2013|round=yes))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>((cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/2624/ |title=Pritam chooses Dhoom 3 over Ek Tha Tiger |work=Bollywood Hungama News Network |date=September 15, 2013 |access-date=December 16, 2013 |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104140134/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/2624/ |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
|61
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Super Lady]]"
| [[(G)I-dle]]
| Son Seung-hee
| style="text-align:center;"| 2024
| style="text-align:right;"| $820,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|820000|2024))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>((Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-02 |title=(여자)아이들 전소연 "드디어 전담팀 생겨..MV에 11억 썼다" ('아는 형님') |trans-title=(G)I-dle Jeon So-yeon "We finally have a dedicated team... we spent 1.1 billion won on the MV" ('Knowing Bros') |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0005010309 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Osen |publisher=Naver |language=ko))</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |62
! scope="row" | "[[Pia Z|Heartbeat of Love]]"
| ((sort|Zadora, Pia|[[Pia Zadora]]))
| ((sort|Sena, Dominic|[[Dominic Sena]]))
| style="text-align:center;" | 1989
| style="text-align:right;" | $800,000
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((inflation|US|800000|1989))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>[[#Mark|Mark, 2011]], pp. 442.</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Saturnz Barz]]"
| [[Gorillaz]]
| ((sort|Hawlett, Jamie|[[Jamie Hewlett]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2017
| style="text-align:right;" | $800,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|800000|2017))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/04/damon-albarn-and-noel-gallagher-on-gorillazs-we-got-the-power.html |last=Brown|first=Lane|title=Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher on the Making of Gorillaz's 'We Got the Power'|date=April 25, 2017 |website=Vulture New York |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429020434/http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/damon-albarn-and-noel-gallagher-on-gorillazs-we-got-the-power.html|archive-date=April 29, 2017))</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Triumph (song)|Triumph]]"
| ((sort|Wu-Tang Clan|[[Wu-Tang Clan]]))
| ((sort|Ratner, Brett|[[Brett Ratner]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1997
| style="text-align:right;" | $800,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|800000|1997))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan song)":
*((cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429525/wu-tang-discuss-triumph-video/ |title=Wu-Tang Discuss "Triumph" Video |date=July 25, 1997 |website=[[MTV]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227235731/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429525/wu-tang-discuss-triumph-video/ |archive-date=December 27, 2017 ))
*((cite web |last1=Barone |first1=Matt |title=The 15 Most Accomplished Music Video Directors "13: Brett Ratner" |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/08/the-15-most-accomplished-music-video-directors/brett-ratner |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=August 17, 2019 |date=August 25, 2011 |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817190652/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/08/the-15-most-accomplished-music-video-directors/brett-ratner |url-status=live ))
*((cite interview|last=Ratner|first=Brett|subject-link=Brett Ratner|interviewer=Brendan Frederick|title=Director's Commentary: Brett Ratner's Music Video Classics|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2009/09/directors-commentary-brett-ratners-music-video-classics|work=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|date=September 18, 2009|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025145820/https://www.complex.com/music/2009/09/directors-commentary-brett-ratners-music-video-classics|url-status=live))</ref>
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| 65
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[California (Mylène Farmer song)|California]]"
| ((sort|Farmer, Mylene|[[Mylène Farmer]]))
| ((sort|Ferrara, Abel|[[Abel Ferrara]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996
| style="text-align:right;" | $788,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|788000|1996))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"California (Mylène Farmer song)":
*[[#Royer|Royer, 2008]], pp. 157–58.
*[[#Khairallah|Khairallah, 2007]], p. 44.
*[[#Royer|Royer, 2008]], pp. 89,346.
*[[#Cachin|Cachin, 2006]], p. 62.
*[[#Chuberre2|Chuberre, 2008]], p. 185.</ref>
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| 66
! scope="row" | "[[Applause (Lady Gaga song)|Applause]]"
| [[Lady Gaga]]
|  Vinoodh Matadin
| style="text-align:center;"| 2013
| style="text-align:right;" | $767,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|767000|2013))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((Citation|last1=Matadin|first1=Vinoodh|title=Lady Gaga: Applause|date=August 19, 2013|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3554242/|type=Short, Fantasy, Music, Musical|others=Lady Gaga, Christina Grady, Brian Stover|access-date=March 7, 2021|last2=Lamsweerde|first2=Inez van|archive-date=September 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908030710/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3554242/|url-status=live))</ref>
|-
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! scope="row" | "[[Push It (Garbage song)|Push It]]"
| [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]
| Andrea Giacobbe
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| style="text-align:right;" | $750,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|750000|1998))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Push It (Garbage song)":
*((cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Garbage%20push%20it&pg=PA7|title=Almo/Mushroom's Garbage Puts Cyber Spin on Classic Pop Spirit|last=Bamberger|first=Bradley|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|date=April 25, 1998|access-date=May 7, 2020|pages=7, 93|issn=0006-2510|volume=110|number=17|archive-date=February 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206071229/https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Garbage%20push%20it&pg=PA7|url-status=live))
*((cite web|last=Parker|first=Lyndsey|title=Garbage's Shirley Manson remembers her see-through Grammy dress, 20 years later|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/backspin-garbage-talk-shirley-mansons-see-grammy-dress-spending-200000-booze-bowie-song-brought-back-together-004351949.html|work=Yahoo!|date=February 7, 2019|access-date=May 8, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317020616/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/backspin-garbage-talk-shirley-mansons-see-grammy-dress-spending-200000-booze-bowie-song-brought-back-together-004351949.html|archive-date=March 17, 2018))</ref>
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! scope="row" | "[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]"
| ((sort|Spears, Britney|[[Britney Spears]]))
| ((sort|Dick, Nigel|[[Nigel Dick]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | $750,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|750000|2000))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Oops!... I Did It Again (song)":
*((cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/72999-michael-jackson-janet-jacksons-scream-music-video-depicts-a-future-i-want-to-exist-in |last=Rohwedder |first=Kristie |title=Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson's "Scream" Music Video Depicts A Future I Want To Exist In |date=March 31, 2015 |website=Bustle |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403020732/https://www.bustle.com/articles/72999-michael-jackson-janet-jacksons-scream-music-video-depicts-a-future-i-want-to-exist-in |archive-date=April 3, 2015 ))
*((cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434387/britney-spears-suffers-head-injury-on-video-set/|title=Britney Spears Suffers Head Injury On Video Set|last1=Johnson|first1=Tina|last2=Mancini|first2=Robert |publisher=MTV News. Viacom|date=March 28, 2000|access-date=September 7, 2013|archive-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108094237/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434387/britney-spears-suffers-head-injury-on-video-set/|url-status=live))</ref>
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| 69
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Superior Speed|Sad Promise]]"
| ((sort|Speed|[[Speed (South Korean band)|Speed]]))
| Cha Eun Taek
| style="text-align:center;"| 2012
| style="text-align:right;" | $706,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|706000|2012))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite news|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20121221n10021|script-title=ko:박보영 지창욱, 스피드위해 뭉쳤다! '슬픈약속' 80년대 배경 뮤비 감동|trans-title=Park Bo-young, Jang Chang-wook, for speed! 'Sad Promise' 80s background|date=December 21, 2012|author=Newsen|language=ko|access-date=October 6, 2017|archive-date=June 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628203934/https://news.nate.com/view/20121221n10021|url-status=live))</ref>
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| 70
! scope="row" | "Pillow Talking"
| ((sort|Dicky|[[Lil Dicky|Lil' Dicky]]))
| ((sort|Yacenda|Tony Yacenda))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2017
| style="text-align:right;" | $700,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|700000|2017))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/30259-lil-dicky-music-video-pillow-talking-john-c-reilly-brain |last=Gaudette|first=Emily|title=$700,000 Lil Dicky 'Pillow Talking' New Video Stars John. C Reilly and a CGI brain |date=February 16, 2018 |website=Inverse |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713231636/https://www.inverse.com/article/30259-lil-dicky-music-video-pillow-talking-john-c-reilly-brain|archive-date=July 13, 2018 |quote='Pillow Talking' is reportedly the 49th most-expensive music video of all time))</ref>
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| 71
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Tunak Tunak Tun]]"
| [[Daler Mehndi]]
| [[Daler Mehndi]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((#expr:25000000/41.259 round -4))|long=no))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((To USD|((Inflation|IN|25000000|1998))|IND|round=yes))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite journal |title=Better luck next time: Daler Mehndi |journal=[[Rashtriya Sahara]] |date=1998 |volume=6 |issue=7–12 |page=147 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QJuAAAAMAAJ |publisher=Sahara India Mass Communication |quote=With sum of [[Indian rupee|Rs]] 2.5((nbsp))[[Crore]]s Daler was supposed to make Music Video.))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1998&locations=IN&start=1997 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1998 |access-date=December 5, 2018 |archive-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206192552/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1998&locations=IN&start=1997 |url-status=live ))</ref>
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| 72
! scope="row" style="background:#FAEB86" | "[[Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes]]"
| ((sort|Bowie, David|[[David Bowie]]))
| ((sort|Bowie, David, and Mallet, David|[[David Bowie]] and [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1980
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((#expr:250000*2.324 round -3))|long=no))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|581000|1980))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Ashes">"Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)":
*((cite book|title=Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Story|last=Buckley|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vk-I_ZM_PfwC&q=%22video%22%20%22%C2%A3250%2C000%22|publisher=[[Random House]]|year=2012|pages=366–369|isbn=9781448132478))
*((cite web|url=http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/exchange/|title=Computing 'Real Value' Over Time With a Conversion Between U.K. Pounds and U.S. Dollars, 1830 to Present|last1=Officer |first1=Lawrence H. |last2=Williamson |first2=Samuel H.|publisher=MeasuringWorth|year=2020|id=To access, user must enter "1980" in the first search bar, select "£" and enter 250,000 in the second bar, enter "1980" in the third bar and click "Calculate"|access-date=December 8, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114202351/https://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/exchange/|url-status=live))</ref>
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| 73
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Jodhaa Akbar|Azeem-O-Shaan Shahenshah]]"
| [[A.R. Rahman]] & [[Javed Akhtar]]<br/>(featuring [[Mohammed Aslam]] & [[Bonnie Chakraborty]])
| [[Ashutosh Gowariker]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2008
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((#expr:25000000/43.505 round -3))|long=no))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((To USD|((Inflation|IN|52000000|2008))|IND|round=yes))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="ucnews">((cite web |url=https://www.ucnews.in/news/Here-Are-The-12-Most-Expensive-Songs-Ever-Made-In-Bollywood/1304706038450303.html |last=Biswas |first=Indraneel |title=Here Are The 12 Most Expensive Songs Ever Made In Bollywood |date=May 19, 2018 |website=UCNews |access-date=May 8, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401231043/https://www.ucnews.in/news/Here-Are-The-12-Most-Expensive-Songs-Ever-Made-In-Bollywood/1304706038450303.html |archive-date=April 1, 2019 ))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2008&locations=IN&start=2007 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=2008 |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065815/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2008&locations=IN&start=2007 |url-status=live ))</ref>
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| 74
! scope="row"| "[[The Centre of the Heart]]"
| [[Roxette]] 
| [[Jonas Akerlund]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2001
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((#expr:25000000/43.505 round -3))|long=no))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((To USD|((Inflation|IN|52000000|2001))|IND|round=yes))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="tcoth">((cite web |url=http://www.dailyroxette.com/center-video-shot-in-california-budget-tops-500000 |title="Center" video shot in California; budget tops $500,000 |website=[[The Daily Roxette]] |date=January 25, 2001 |url-status=live |access-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206071237/https://www.dailyroxette.com/center-video-shot-in-california-budget-tops-500000/ ))</ref>
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| 75
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Dola Re Dola]]"
| [[Ismail Darbar]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]], & [[Kavita Krishnamurthy|KK]]
| [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2002
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((#expr:25000000/48.61 round -2))|long=no))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((To USD|((Inflation|IN|55000000|2002))|IND|round=yes))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="ucnews"/><ref name="currency2002">((cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2002&locations=IN&start=2001 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=2002 |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626205157/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=2002&locations=IN&start=2001 |url-status=live ))</ref>
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|76
! scope="row" | "[[Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)|Thriller]]"
| [[Michael Jackson]]
| ((sort|Landis, John|[[John Landis]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1983
| style="text-align:right;" | $500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|500000|1983))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="Thriller">((cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/director-funds-thriller-were-tough-raise-wbna24314870 |last=Celizic |first=Mike |title=Director: Funds for 'Thriller' were tough to raise |date=April 26, 2008 |website=Today |access-date=July 25, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522101227/https://www.today.com/popculture/director-funds-thriller-were-tough-raise-wbna24314870 ))</ref>
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|77
! scope="row" | "[[Livin' la Vida Loca]]"
| rowspan="1"|((sort|Martin, Ricky|[[Ricky Martin]]))
| ((sort|Isham|[[Wayne Isham]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999
| style="text-align:right;" | $500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|500000|1999))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/02/reportagens/rick_martin.htm|title=Volta ao mundo em 10 milhões de CDs |date=August 16, 1999|access-date=October 8, 2021|last=Nalio|first=Alessandra|publisher=[[Terra Networks]]|work=[[Istoé|Istoé Gente]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021229211246/https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/02/reportagens/rick_martin.htm|archive-date=December 29, 2002|url-status=live))</ref>
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|78
! scope="row" | "[[Piece of Me (Britney Spears song)|Piece of Me]]"
| rowspan="2"|((sort|Spears, Britney|[[Britney Spears]]))
| ((sort|Isham|[[Wayne Isham]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 2007
| style="text-align:right;" | $500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|500000|2007))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Piece of Me (Britney Spears song)":
*((cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1575195/20071128/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Britney Spears Shoots 'Piece Of Me' Video, Using Pursued-By-Paparazzi Theme|date=November 28, 2007|access-date=February 10, 2010|last=Aswad|first=Jem|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|archive-date=February 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220143444/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1575195/20071128/spears_britney.jhtml|url-status=live))</ref>
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|79
! scope="row" | "[[Hold It Against Me]]"
| [[Jonas Åkerlund]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2011
| style="text-align:right;" | $500,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|500000|2011))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref>"Hold It Against Me (Britney Spears song)":
*((cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-made-500000-from-product-placement-in-hold-it-against-me-video-249661/ |last=Perpetua |first=Matthew |title=Britney Spears Made $500,000 From Product Placement in 'Hold It Against Me' Video; Plus: Listen to two clips from upcoming album Femme Fatale |date=February 22, 2011 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=May 8, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626145734/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-made-500000-from-product-placement-in-hold-it-against-me-video-249661/ |url-status=live ))
*((cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1656156/britney-spears-hold-it-against-me-video-be-directed-by-jonas-akerlund.jhtml|title=Britney Spears' 'Hold It Against Me' Video To Be Directed By Jonas Akerlund|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=January 18, 2011|publisher=MTV News. MTV Networks|access-date=January 18, 2011))</ref>
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|80
! scope="row" style="background:#FFB6C1"| "[[Come Back Home (2NE1 song)|Come Back Home]]"
| ((sort|2NE1|[[2NE1]]))
| Dee Shin
| style="text-align:center;"| 2014
| style="text-align:right;" | $470,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|470000|2014))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>((cite web |title=2NE1's Upcoming Music Video Costs 500 Million Won |url=https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/contents_view.htm?lang=e&menu_cate=enternews&id=&board_seq=182261&page=208&board_code= |website=[[KBS World]] |access-date=January 18, 2024 |language=en |date=February 13, 2014))</ref>
|-
|81
! scope="row" style="background:#FAEB86" | "[[Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya]]"
| [[Naushad]], [[Shakeel Badayuni]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| ((sort|Asif, K.|[[K. Asif]]))
| style="text-align:center;"| 1960
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((#expr:1500000/4.76 round -4))|long=no))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((Inflation|US|320000|1960))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>((cite book|last=Warsi|first=Shakil|title=Mughal-E-Azam|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn:9788129113214|year=2009|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-1321-4|page=57|access-date=November 30, 2020|archive-date=August 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826091445/https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn:9788129113214|url-status=live))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1966&locations=IN&start=1960 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1960 |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022106/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1966&locations=IN&start=1960 |url-status=live ))</ref>
|}

==  Most expensive of all time at the time of production ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Timeline of most expensive music videos
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Artist(s)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Director
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Cost (((estimation)))
! scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable" | ((Abbr|Ref|References(s)))
|-
! scope="col" | Nominal
! scope="col" | Adjusted
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1960
! scope="row" | "[[Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya]]"
| [[Naushad]], [[Shakeel Badayuni]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| ((sort|Asif, K.|[[K. Asif]]))
| style="text-align:right;" | ((US$|((#expr:1500000/4.76 round -4))|long=no))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((Inflation|US|320000|1960))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>((cite book|last=Warsi|first=Shakil|title=Mughal-E-Azam|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn:9788129113214|year=2009|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-1321-4|page=57|access-date=November 30, 2020|archive-date=August 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826091445/https://www.google.com/search?q=isbn:9788129113214|url-status=live))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) |url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1966&locations=IN&start=1960 |website=[[World Bank]] |year=1960 |access-date=December 13, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022106/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF?end=1966&locations=IN&start=1960 |url-status=live ))</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1980
! scope="row" | "[[Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes]]"
| ((sort|Bowie, David|[[David Bowie]]))
| ((sort|Bowie, David, and Mallet, David|[[David Bowie]] and [[David Mallet (director)|David Mallet]]))
| style="text-align:right;" | $582,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((Inflation|US|582000|1980))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Ashes"/>
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1984
! scope="row" | ((sort|"Wild Boys, The"|"[[The Wild Boys (song)|The Wild Boys]]"))
| [[Duran Duran]]
| ((sort|Mulcahy, Russell|Russell Mulcahy))
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1000000|1984))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|

|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1986
! scope="row" | "[[I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)]]"
| [[Grace Jones]]
| ((sort|Jones, Grace|Grace Jones))
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|1200000|1986))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="BB"/>

|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1987
! scope="row" | "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]"
| [[Michael Jackson]]
| ((sort|Scorsese, Martin|[[Martin Scorsese]]))
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|2200000|1987))|long=no))
| style="text-align:center;"|
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| 1989
! scope="row" | "[[Express Yourself (Madonna song)|Express Yourself]]"
| rowspan="2" | [[Madonna]]
| ((sort|Fincher, David|[[David Fincher]]))
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | $5,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|5000000|1989))|long=no))
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="thisdayinmusic"/>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1995
! scope="row" | "[[Bedtime Story (Madonna song)|Bedtime Story]]"
| rowspan="2" |((sort|Romanek, Mark|[[Mark Romanek]]))
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|5000000|1995))|long=no))
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)|Scream]]"
| Michael Jackson and [[Janet Jackson]]
| style="text-align:right;" | $7,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| ((US$|((inflation|US|7000000|1995))|long=no))
|}


== See also ==
* [[Vevo Certified Award]]
* [[Lists of most expensive items by category]]
** [[List of most expensive albums]]
** [[List of largest music deals]]
** [[List of most valuable records]]

== Notes ==
((notelist))

== References ==
=== Citations ===
((Reflist|colwidth=25em))

=== Print sources ===
*((cite book |title=Mylène, biographie |last=Royer |first=Hugues |year=2008 |publisher=Flammarion |place=Spain |language=fr |isbn=978-2-35287-139-2|ref=Royer))
*((cite book |title=Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer |last=Cachin |first=Benoît |year=2006 |publisher=Tournon |language=fr |isbn=2-35144-000-5|ref=Cachin))
*((cite book |title=Mylène Farmer, phénoménale |last=Chuberre |first=Erwan |year=2008 |publisher=City |language=fr |isbn=978-2-35288-176-6|ref=Chuberre2))
*((cite book |title=Mylène Farmer, le culte - L'envers du décor |last=Khairallah |first=Sophie |year=2007 |publisher=Why Not |language=fr |isbn=978-2-916611-25-9|ref=Khairallah))
*((cite book |title=[[I Want My MTV (book)|I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution]] |last=Marks |first=Craig |year=2011 |publisher=[[E. P. Dutton]] |isbn=978-1-101-52641-5|ref=Mark))
*((cite book |title=Rock Stars Encyclopedia|last1=Rees|first1=Dafydd|last2=Crampton|first2=Luke|year=1999|publisher=[[DK (publisher)|DK]]|isbn=0789446138))

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