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1987	Hysteria	Def Leppard	1984–1987	$5–4.5 million	$13,409,490/$12,068,541	[29][30][31]
1999	The Life of Chris Gaines[e]	Garth Brooks	—	$5 million	$9,145,026	[31][33]
2009	Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel	Mariah Carey	2009	£4 million	£5,707,937	[15]
2002	Untouchables	Korn	2001	$4 million[f]	$6,775,948	[35]
1988	Non Stop	Julio Iglesias	—	$3 million	$7,728,756	[36]
2010	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy	Kanye West	2009–2010	$3 million	$4,191,668	[37]
2015	Once Upon a Time in Shaolin	Wu-Tang Clan	2007–2013	$3 million	$3,856,240	[38]
2003	Deftones	Deftones	2002	$2.5 million	$4,140,738	[39]
1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	1985–1987	$2 million	$5,363,796	[40]
2005	Late Registration	Kanye West	2004–2005	$2 million	$3,120,123	[41]
2010	Superficial	Heidi Montag	2007–2009	$2 million	$2,794,445	[42]
2002	Sun With Love	Ho Yeow Sun		$1.6 million[g]	$2,710,379	[43]
1982	Rock in a Hard Place	Aerosmith	1981–1982	$1.5 million	$4,735,862	[44]
1990	Charmed Life	Billy Idol	1989–1990	$1.5 million	$3,498,217	[45]
1993	Aries	Luis Miguel	1992–1993	$1.5 million	$3,163,787	[46]
2011	Watch the Throne	Kanye West Jay-Z	2010–2011	$1.5 million	$2,031,657	[47]
2013	Yeezus	Kanye West	2012–2013	$1.5 million	$1,962,000	[47]
1979	Tusk	Fleetwood Mac	1978–1979	$1.4 million	$5,877,304	[48][49]
2012	Cruel Summer	GOOD Music	2011–2012	$1.3 million	$1,725,294	[47]
1979	The Long Run	Eagles	1978–1979	$1 million	$4,198,074	[50]
1981	For Those About to Rock We Salute You	AC/DC	1981	$1 million	$3,351,391	[51]
1982	Donna Summer	Donna Summer	1981–1982	$1 million	$3,157,241	[52]
1988	Brian Wilson	Brian Wilson	1987–1988	$1 million[h]	$2,576,252	[53][54][55]
1989	The Seeds of Love	Tears for Fears	1986–1989	$1 million	$2,457,987	[56]
1991	Metallica	Metallica	1990–1991	$1 million	$2,236,990	[57]
1995	The Woman in Me	Shania Twain	1994–1995	$1 million

$1,999,563 ^[58] 1998 He Got Game Public Enemy 1997–1998 $1 million $2,576,252 ^[60] 1999 Ricky Martin Ricky Martin — $1 million $1,829,005 ^[61] 2002 One by One Foo Fighters 2002 $1 million $1,693,987 ^[62] 2005 One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back The Darkness 2005 $1 million $1,560,061 ^[63]

 

 

did your fav make it?

i thought ARTPOP was very expensive? or was the album rollout?

5 million for a Victoria Beckham album that didn't even get a US release... what kind of CRACK were they smoking in early-00s Britain?

 

Artpop $25m

Where are Halsey and Beyoncé? Surely visual albums were also very expensive.

2 minutes ago, Virgos Groove said:

5 million for a Victoria Beckham album that didn't even get a US release... what kind of CRACK were they smoking in early-00s Britain?

 

5 million for a Victoria Beckham album... and I'm gonna stop now and stay cute.

 

Oh God, I've forgot about Heidi Montag and her try at being a pop star. 

7 minutes ago, shyboi said:

i thought ARTPOP was very expensive? or was the album rollout?

That was a rumor started by Perez Hilton disgusing himself as a random woman on some user-submitted article websites. 

Didn't Heidi Montag go broke while making Superficial?

 

EDIT: NVM just saw her name

Edited April 3, 20242 yr by Trash

They most likely don't have Beyoncé figures, self titled and lemonade should be quite expensive given that they are visual albums

eras?
artpop and erotica 

1 minute ago, LadyDiana said:

Oh God, I've forgot about Heidi Montag and her try at being a pop star.

Girlie Heidi slayed it and I've been enjoying her resurengence of late. Superficial is a cult classic.

 

 

Didn't Electra Heart bankrupt Marinas label?

Yes, Superficial made the list

Now what is Victoria doing in there?

 

 

 

Dangerous  Invincible (the first half)  History  Bad  

10 minutes ago, PopKills said:

Didn't Electra Heart bankrupt Marinas label?

Yes because of the Dr Luke songs that ended up flopping

16 minutes ago, Trash said:

Didn't Heidi Montag go broke while making Superficial?

 

EDIT: NVM just saw her name

yes, her flop goes for the history books. 

I don't think the cost of album creation is public. So this is only the ones that have been reported or speculation

 

Edited April 3, 20242 yr by Shimenawa

26 minutes ago, shyboi said:

i thought ARTPOP was very expensive? or was the album rollout?

Most of the money (25 mil) went to Gaga herself. The recording budget was less than 10 million. She got 15 million of it to do what she wanted. Actual album was probably like 5 million. She got clauses about renegotiating contracts and stuff as well. 

Edited April 3, 20242 yr by lgaga1fan

Cowboy carter sounds very expensive. 

victoria?

Why was Memoirs by Mariah so expensive ??

Scream at 'Victoria Beckham', they must've thought she was poised to be a solo superstar back in the day since she was the last Spice Girl to release and had the Beckham association too

why is Victoria there?  is this just cost of studio sessions or for the whole campaign as well?

37 minutes ago, Taylor fanboy said:

Where are Halsey and Beyoncé? Surely visual albums were also very expensive.

 

35 minutes ago, chaklux said:

They most likely don't have Beyoncé figures, self titled and lemonade should be quite expensive given that they are visual albums

Beyonce always gets some sort of deal for her projects …. Her $50M deal with Pepsi paid for ST and the videos as well as tour costs. For Lemonade she had the Topshop/Ivy Park deal before she fully bought Ivy Park from Topshop. For The Gift/Black is King, Disney paid her 25M for the role of an Nala. For Renny/CC she had Tiffany's/Lexus and Verizon.