On Sunday, Rascal Flatts found out that what hurts the most is being called out lip-syncing at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Under suspicion from fans and ACM viewers, the band released a statement explaining that lead singer Gary LeVox lost his voice.
“We’ve never done it before and we’re obviously not very good at it,” the statement read. “We look forward to singing live again in the very near future!”
Here are nine other examples of top artists faking it for the fans:
No. 10: Anyone catching the Rascal Flatts irony of lip-syncing a song named “Rewind?”
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No. 9: Beyonce had a rough time singing the national anthem. But don’t we all? Er, no. Read the rest about this fiasco here.
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No. 8: Miley Cyrus is known to make a splash, but this past February, she outdid herself by kissing Katy Perry while lip-syncing. Busted!
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No. 7: 50 Cent got caught at the B.E.T. Awards when show producers played the wrong version of his song. That’s what he claimed, anyway.
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No. 6: Disney didn’t prepare her for the 2007 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Surprisingly, Ashley Tisdale seemed close to getting away with it.
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No. 5: Is there any surprise that Lindsay Lohan had a rough singing career? When she tried to go solo from Disney with her album “Rumors,” she got more than she bargained for on ABC’s “Good Morning America” in 2004. She denied the accusations.
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No. 4: Britney Spears has been caught lip-syncing on more than one occasion. One example is her performance from the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
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No. 3: Katy Perry got caught lip-syncing at the NRJ Music Awards in 2013 when the track messed up, but thankfully the host gave her another shot.
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No. 2: Is it really too difficult to sing the national anthem live at the Super Bowl? For Jordin Sparksn in 2008 and Jennifer Hudson in 2009, the answer was yes.
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No. 1: The days of Ashlee Simpson are long gone. But her lip-syncing in 2004 will live on in infamy. Her track kept going, and she wasn’t read for it. Now it’s considered one of the most obvious incidents of lip-syncing of all time.
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And because we couldn’t help it, check out James Franco’s version of Justin Bieber’s song “Boyfriend” here. This was on purpose.