Beyonce's Today Show audio clip a hoax

With visible relief on our faces, we read that the off-tune audio clip of Beyonce from an alleged is a hoax, and we return faith restored on the world...

Beyonce, has been caught without her best singing voice on. But we know (as "Halo" blasts from laptop speakers), it's an utterly ridiculous claim. You can't have that short a memory, that Beyonce crooning at President Barack Obama's inauguration ball, has completely slipped your memory.

The "Like A Boy" star has denied that a mix tape currently doing the rounds on the web, of her is authentic. The clip taken supposedly from the The Today Show, is an atrocious board mix of her performance from 2008.

As we knew, it was a hoax. Even her father, Mathew Knowels has pointed out that the claims are completely fraudulent. In fact American gossip website TMZ.com, has even found the person behind the prank. "It's a little bit crazy. No one in their right mind would sound like that, and no one would cheer for someone singing like that," said the prankster, who was himself surprised the prank went so far.

Beyonce told MTV that the story "sounds completely ridiculous" and said "Everyone's heard me sing and it's perfect timing, actually, because I'll be on the ’Today’ show tomorrow singing 'Halo', or tonight you can watch me sing live on David Letterman! It's perfect promotion, whoever came up with that idea."

Talking about the monumental Beyonce performance at Obama's inaugural concert, Mathew said, "If no one took the time to look at the biggest Inauguration in the history of America then shame on them. If no one took the time to listen to Beyonce sing 'America the Beautiful' and 'At Last' at the Neighborhood Ball for the first dance of President Obama and the First Lady, and they question Beyonce's vocal ability, they've gotta be an idiot. At 12 years into her career, the last thing someone should be questioning is her vocal ability. That would be like questioning if Kobe Bryant could shoot a jump shot."