Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto play• Alex Lubet is Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music, University of Minnesota. But is the "scandal" of lip-syncing really so scandalous? See no evil, hear no evilThe history of lip-syncing begins in the 1940s with "soundies," short music videos produced for film jukeboxes. But the most infamous musical masquerade - and the incident most likely responsible for the intense scrutiny of lip-syncing - was the short-lived career of European R&B duo Milli Vanilli. In contrast, Beyoncé came under fire for lip-syncing the National Anthem at President Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 15, 2017 16:01 UTC