The Most Expensive Music Video

The most expensive video created was by Michael Jackson, the song also involved his sister Janet Jackson. The title of the song was "Scream" and the finished video cost $7million! The apparent costs of the video are as shown:

• Computer-generated spaceship: $65,000
• Breaking guitars: $53,000
• Morphing artworks: $50,000
• Michael's makeup: $3,000
• Janet's makeup: $8,000 a day
• Choreography: $40,000
• Giant video screen: $80,000
• Lighting: $175,000
• Total cost of 11 sets: $5,000,000

The song was released on 31st May 1995, and the video itself was produced in June later that year. The video was apparently a retaliation towards the tabloid media who showed the child sexual abuse allegations made against Michael Jackson in 1993.