The first video clips appeared in the 1920s along with sound cinematography. However, the form in which the clips are familiar to modern viewers, they found in 1964 with the beginning of the broadcast of the Top of the Pops hit parade of the week 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 a lasting impression on the viewer. The most expensive music videos in history entered our top ten today.
10. Busta Rhymes feat Janet Jackson - "What’s It Gonna Be" single ($ 2,400,000)
The video was released in March 1999. The bulk of the funds was spent on special effects, since the entire video is full of various transformations of performers, each of which costs just over $ 30 thousand.
9. Mariah Carey - "Heartbreaker" ($ 2,500,000)
The video featuring Jay-Z was filmed in a cinema, one rental of which cost $ 100 thousand. About $ 13 thousand was spent on the services of hairdressers and makeup artists, $ 80 thousand was paid for computer graphics.
8. MC Hammer - disastrous video "Too Legit to Quit" ($ 2,500,000)
The budget for this video, released in 1991, was probably wasted. The video was ranked 5th on the list of worst Australian channel Max. On the MTV channel, the clip appeared in the Top of the loudest failures of all time.
7. Puff Daddy - "Victory" ($ 2,700,000)
Cool rappers know a lot about racing, gunfights, helicopters, suicides ... All these elements are abundantly presented in the Puff Daddy video clip. Danny de Vito and Dennis Hopper were among the guest stars. About $ 55,000 was spent on the plane explosion, $ 10,000 - for artificial rain, $ 21,000 - for renting a helicopter.
6. Guns N 'Roses - "Estranged" ($ 4,000,000)
This expensive clip is over 9 minutes long. The video is the final part of the trilogy, which previously included the clips "November Rain" and "Don't Cry". The clip was released on American TV screens in 1993.
5. Michael Jackson - single "Black or White" ($ 4,000 thousand)
The single was written by Jackson himself and calls for the unity of people of different races. The video premiered in November 1991. Directed by John Landis, who wrote the famous Thriller.
4. Madonna - "Bedtime Story" ($ 5,000)
The song was written by Bjork and the video was directed by Mark Romanek, who worked on Jackson's Scream. The video was purchased by the New York Museum of Modern Art. The plot is based on the ideas of surrealist artists.
3. Madonna - "Express Yourself" ($ 5,000 thousand)
The video was included in the top 100 videos from Rolling Stone magazine, as well as in the Top 100 Greatest Videos on MTV. The plot is based on the silent film Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang.
2. Madonna - "Die Another Day" soundtrack ($ 6,100,000)
The soundtrack to the Bond film of the same name was written by Madonna herself in collaboration with the shocking Mirwais Ahmadzai. The provocative video lasts only four and a half minutes, and as a result, the heroine is put on the electric chair. Throughout the clip, there are references to different parts of the James Bond epic.
1. M. Jackson & J. Jackson - "Scream" ($ 7,000 thousand)
The video was awarded a Grammy award, and also immediately entered the Guinness Book. Fixed assets were spent on scenery and rental of film sets. The work of make-up artists was worth a lot - about $ 11 thousand a day. More than $ 175 thousand was spent on lighting, $ 40 thousand was spent on payment for the services of choreographers.Shooting the video took 11 days, each of which cost $ 636 thousand.