10. "November Rain"

9. "Unpretty"

8. "She's a Bitch"

7. "Miami"

6. "Larger Than Life"

5. "What's It Gonna Be"

4. "Heartbreaker"

3. "Victory"

2. "Die Another Day"

1. "Scream"

Cost: $1,600,000+Artist: TLCFirst aired: August 1999Directed by: Paul HunterEven though their "Waterfalls" video was technologically more advanced and seemed more expensive, "Unpretty" ended up costing more because the girls argued over every little detail and that doubled the project cost. The story of the video is focused on women unhappy with their bodies trying to change it by going to plastic surgeon. All the while, TLC sits on these weird floating pods and watch their struggle.Floating yoga pods: $60,000Field of purple flowers: $50,000Laptop computer animating breast enhancements: $63,000Flying robot camera: $35,000Hairstyling: $11,000Makeup: $25,000Costumes: $11,000Cost: $2,000,000+Artist: Missy ElliotFirst aired: May 1999Directed by: Hype Williams"She's a Bitch" video is similar to other Missy Elliot videos, with extensive use of special effects, unconventional costumes and unique sets with plenty of back-up dancers. Highlights of the video are Missy Elliot and her dancers being raised from underwater on a huge hydraulic "M", and also a complete set made from Electro Luminescent lightning.Missy Elliot's rubber wardrobe: $10,500Glow-in-the-dark cape: $3,500M-shaped stage: $30,000Silver suits for the extras: $12,000Total set: $850,000Makeup: $6,000Special effects for a stormy sky: $20,000Cost: $2,000,000+Artist: Will SmithFirst aired: December 1998Directed by: Wayne IshamFor "Miami" video, Will Smith chose to focus on computer morphing techniques and that is the reason this video is so expensive. The entire music video consists of him morphing from location to location (there were dozens of morphs in there) and each morph costs around $14,000. The story of the video is pretty standard: beautiful girls, expensive cars, yachts, private jets and plenty of dancing.Private jet rental: $15,000Each morph transition: $14,000Floating Miami set: $500,000Models: $10,000Choreography: $200,000Cost: $2,100,000+Artist: Backstreet BoysFirst aired: September 1999Directed by: Joseph Kahn"Larger Than Life" takes place in futuristic space setting and includes elaborate special effects and computer animation. The video was so expensive that it went over the budget, supposedly, this was the reason the Howie Dorough's scenes were not particularly elaborate. The story of the video doesn't make much sense, basically there is a lot of dancing in huge groups and a lot of space stuff mixed all together.Cryogenic chamber model: $20,000Flying surfboard scene at beginning: $90,0003-D animated models: $45,000Robot costumes for the B-Boys: $56,000Exterior shot of the space station: $70,000Dance stage: $80,000The cost to fly the crew to the set: $150,000Director's fee: $150,000 (for just 4 days of shooting)Total special effects: $600,000Cost: $2,400,000+Artist: Busta Rhymes featuring Janet JacksonFirst aired: March 1999Directed by: Hype Williams & Busta RhymesThe music video for "What's It Gonna Be" cost $2.4 million and you can see where the money went. Tons of special effects were used to make Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson morph in various shapes and forms. In "What's It Gonna Be" Janet and Busta sing and constantly mush around each other, sometimes in transparent and sometimes reflective forms.Virtual set: $100,000Each morph: $30,000Busta's glass costume: $40,000Janet and Busta's explosion: $20,000Cost: $2,500,000+Artist: Mariah Carey featuring Jay-ZFirst aired: August 1999Directed by: Brett Ratner"Heartbreaker" is Mariah Carey's most expensive music video and 4th place on this list. In it her friends urge her to confront her unfaithful boyfriend (played by Jerry O'Connell), who is inside a movie theater on a date with Carey's alter ego, Bianca.Movie theater rental: $100,000Mansion rental (in the movie): $40,000Hairstyling: $13,000Dog and its trainer: $6,000Fight coordinator: $7,000Animation: $80,000Jerry O'Connell's cameo fee: $10,000Cost: $2,700,000+Artist: Puff Daddy featuring Notorious B.I.G. & Busta RhymesFirst aired: March 1998Directed by: Marcus NispelThis video has it all, explosions, shootouts, helicopters and and suicidal leaps from buildings. The story in the video is about a man running from the police who are accusing him of a crime he didn't commit. Danny DeVito and Dennis Hopper have brief appearances in "Victory".Building an airplane and blowing it up: $55,000Pyrotechnic special effects: $100,000Artificial rain: $10,000Helicopter rental: $21,000Stuntman fee: $5,000 per jump from building to buildingSecurity on the set: $10,000Cost: $6,000,000+Artist: MadonnaFirst aired: October 2002Directed by: TraktorMadonna's "Die Another Day" video is second most expensive music video ever. Due to the heavy use of special effects, production cost for "Die Another Day" was over $6 million. The directing team of the video, Traktor, explained that "for various reasons, there are effects in almost every shot. It is a testament to the skills of the merry artisans of MPC that you think there are none. As with modern underwear, the best effects are always the ones that don't show through your slacks."The video shows Madonna beaten and tortured, her head is shoved underwater, and she is strapped into an electric chair. Meanwhile, in her subconscious, black (evil) and white (good) versions of herself battle each other with various weapons.Cost: $7,000,000+Artist: Michael Jackson featuring Janet JacksonFirst aired: June 1995Directed by: Mark RomanekWith production cost of $7 million "Scream", by Michael and Janet Jackson, is the most expensive music video of all time. "Scream" has futuristic theme and a lot of special effects were used during the entire video. The "Scream" video won several MTV VMA Awards and a Grammy for Best Music Video.Computer-generated spaceship: $65,000Breaking guitars: $53,000Morphing artworks: $50,000Michael's makeup: $3,000Janet's makeup: $8,000 a dayChoreography: $40,000Giant video screen: $80,000Lighting: $175,000Total cost of 11 sets: $5,000,000Sources: SoYouWanna (www.soyouwanna.com), Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org)