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Some have spent millions of dollars in the studio, setting records in the process, and the album sales don&#8217;t always offset that cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Jackson &#8211; <em>Invincible<\/em>, <em>HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I,<\/em> and <em>Dangerous<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three of the Top 10 most expensive albums ever made belong to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/songs\/michael-jackson\">Michael Jackson<\/a>. But the most expensive by a large margin was <em>Invincible<\/em>, his 10th and final album. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/2001\/sep\/08\/taniabranigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The album cost about $30 million<\/a>, likely because Jackson hired nine producers who reportedly recorded up to 87 songs, cut down to just 16 for the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guns N\u2019 Roses &#8211; <em>Chinese Democracy<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Guns &#8216;N&#8217; Roses spent $13 million recording <em>Chinese Democracy<\/em>, likely due to the fact that the album took 14 years to record. On top of the typical costs, Geffen had agreed to pay frontman Axl Rose $1 million\u00a0when the album was finished, plus another $1 million\u00a0if it was finished by March 1, 1999, a deadline Rose did not meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kanye West &#8211; <em>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For <em>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy<\/em>, rapper Kanye West spent $3 million recording in Hawaii. On top of a large roster of guest musicians and producers, West booked all three rooms of the studio 24\/7, so if he got stuck working on one song, he could jump seamlessly to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Def Leppard &#8211; <em>Hysteria<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Def Leppard&#8217;s recording sessions for their fourth album, <em>Hysteria<\/em>, weren\u2019t easy\u2014the process took three years, due in large part to drummer Rick Allen losing his left arm in a car accident. 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