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Beyonce performs "Drunk In Love" at the 56th annual Grammy Awards Reuters

Music power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z have turned fans off with their raunchy performance on the biggest night in music.

Queen B and her rapper husband pulled out all the stops when they opened the 2014 Grammy Awards with their duet of Beyoncé's new song Drunk in Love.

Dressed in a sheer black bodysuit and tights, Queen B did some cabaret-style dancing on a chair before twerking and then gyrating on her husband.

The fiercely private couple, who are rarely seen indulging in PDAs, also held hands and even kissed on stage.

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Jay Z later appeared on stage to perform with his wife. Reuters

But while their duet received a standing ovation from the 16,000-strong audience as well as an impromptu dance-along from Taylor Swift, many fans insisted that it was too hot for the Grammys' PG rating.

Beyoncé was also accused of lip-synching and taking lessons from Rihanna by donning fishnets and a leather thong to impress her fans.

One critic wrote: "I was UNDERwhelmed........def hyped and they just didn't deliver and she WAS def lip syncing the first half of the song......lips were not moving with the voice. I'm still a major fan but I was def expecting more. #NEXT"

Concerned parents also deemed the risqué performance too explicit for their children to watch.

Stephen G. Peters said: "Sorry Beyoncé!!! Class ALWAYS wins! It wins for our children. Sad day when our kids can't even watch the Grammy's! #Puzzled."

Beyoncé's performance came just weeks after she revealed in a mini-documentary about her new self-entitled album that she has finally embraced her sexuality.

"I don't have any shame about being sexual. I'm not embarrassed about it. And I don't feel like I have to protect that side of me," she said.