Michael Jackson's forthcoming album includes several "fake" songs, his mother has reportedly claimed. Due on 14 December, Michael is the first posthumous collection of unreleased Jackson songs; but Katherine Jackson is reportedly disappointed with the compilation, claiming some of the singer's former associates gave his label "false tracks".

Today is a big day for Jackson fans. Sony has released Breaking News, the first single from the album, and Oprah will air her exclusive interview with Jackson's children and mother. According to a report by Canada's CTV News, Katherine will say in the interview that "some of the tracks on the album are fake". The songs in question were apparently recorded in 2007, while Michael was living in New Jersey with his friends the Cascio family. "[Katherine] says the Cascios have added some things and given the Sony corporation false tracks," reporter Diane Dimond said. Jackson's father, Joseph, and his children, Paris and Prince, also claim it is not always Michael's singing voice.

If that weren't strange enough, Katherine herself has been implicated in a separate "fake" Michael Jackson release. On Friday, the websiteJackson's Secret Vault posted a song called Opis None, described as an "authentic, unreleased MJ track for the fans ... With L.O.V.E. from Mrs [Katherine] Jackson." In a statement to TMZ, the website called it "an effort to overcome the confusion as to the authenticity of [the estate's new songs]" and "give an actual authentic Michael Jackson track to the world for free".

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