As I was looking through my large list of potential Thursday Throwback videos, I happened to stumble upon a more interesting collection of videos: the most expensive music videos ever made. I thought that would this would definitely make for a more exciting post. Definitely surprised to see some of these videos on the list, and even more surprised they cost that much to make (Aqua made a $3 million dollar video?!?). Here are the top 5, with a honorable mention from Kanye West. Enjoy!

Sidenote: The only decent quality videos I could find were from Vevo, so give it a sec to load!
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Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson “Scream”
Director: Mark Romanek
Original air date: 1995
Production Costs: $7,000,000
Inflation-adjusted Production Cost: $10,676,00
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Madonna – Die Another Day
Director: Traktor
Original air date: 2002
Production Costs: $6,000,000
Inflation-adjusted Production Cost: $7,752,000
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Michael Jackson – Black or White
Director: John Landis
Original air date: 1991
Production Costs: $4,000,000
Inflation-adjusted Production Cost: $6,825,000
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Guns N’ Roses – Estranged
Director: Andy Morahan
Original air date: 1993
Production Costs: $4,000,000
Inflation-adjusted Production Cost: $6,435,000
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Aqua – ‪Cartoon Heroes‬
Director: Thomas Masin
Original air date: 2000
Production Costs: $3,500,000
Inflation-adjusted Production Cost: $4,723,000
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Kanye West – Stronger
Director: Hype Williams
Original air date: 2007
Production Costs: $1,200,000
Inflation-adjusted Production Cost: $2,327,000

- L.U - YMT

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