Why why...??

[Promiscious-boy]

Well.. I've been studying hard about singers with their accent

Here is the list

Canadians:

Alanis Morissette
Tegan and Sara
Chantal Kreviazuk

Scottish

Paolo Nutini and KT Tunstall (she does sometime)

English

Corinne Bailey Rae, James Blunt, Lily Allen

Irish

Dolores O'Riordan

Kiwi

Anika Moa (sometimes she does)

Aussie

Missy Higgins, Sarah Blasko and Clare Bowdtich

[zurielshimon]

I don't have any records out, but sometimes I sing with a Kiwi accent.  Depends on the song.  Even if the original isn't Kiwi.

[Promiscious-boy]

But you are not Kiwi, right? How come?

[All I Ask2003]

I don't know where Imogen Heap is from, but in "Hide and Seek," she has a British accent.

Also, I know the Killers sound British, or they did on Hot Fuss.  I thought they were a British band because they sounded so much like it, and were first truly recognized by the UK!

Billie Joe from Green Day sounds kind of British in some older recordings, he even used one in interviews around the Dookie era.

I think it's all just a matter of preference and what's comfortable...except for BJ speaking with an English accent, that's just weird lol

[davidjp]

What would you call Celine Dion's accent? French or Canadian?

[me and my piano---tim]

What would you call Celine Dion's accent? French or Canadian?

You would call it French Canadian! jk I don't know

[zurielshimon]

But you are not Kiwi, right? How come?

No, I'm not Kiwi, but I think it's pretty and expressive.

[NoelleNC]

Actually, I think that the singing accent should be considered it's own accent! I'm american and fully pronounce my "r"s when I talk, but sometimes when I sing they are less fully pronounced. Actually when I hear a singer fully pronounce their Rs in a song, it sounds kind of bad to me. Some singers do it, some country and a lot of California folk rock singers seem to lately, especially females, but I just think it sounds ugly. Hard Rs are not a pretty sound and I think people just change how they sing because it sounds nicer. I also sometimes pronounce "can't" and "can" differently when I'm singing than when I talk.

Also, I think only country singers- and the most hillbilly at that- pronounce "can" and "can't" like "paint" and "cane"... The normal A sound in the American "can" and "can't" is the short a sound as in "apple" and "panda" and "family".

[zurielshimon]

I think singers usually sing in an accent that suits the type of music they sing.  Even a country singer from Canada will oftentimes put a Tennessee or North Carolina sound on their voice.  A punk band from California may turn slightly British on the vocal track.  Robert Plant on many, many Led Zeppelin records sang with a hard R despite never doing so in everyday speech.

[Promiscious-boy]

Come on ppl!!! I'm sure about this..

Non-american singers americanise their accent because in the USA, they'll have fame, they'll be known around the world

Example

The internation singers to be promoted in Latin America are from the USA TOPS... If a singer is only famous in his-her country (non american).. he-she won't be famous here.... MISSY HIGGINS, SANDI THIOM, SARAH BLASKO

Now, non-ame singers are singing with their own accent, little by little... mainly British.. u can see many new british artists singing with their accent, but AUSSIE and KIWI accent are so different from the USA one that they still hide it....

As I said.. Natalie Imbruglia confessed that the musical producers MAKES THEM americanise their songs.. it's sad..

So, how come KYLIE MONIGUE (From melbourne) doesn't sing with the same accent of MISSY HIGGINS (also from melbourne) when you hear Kylie... you ARE SURE she is American...