Why do people with British accents sound like they have American accents when they sing?

Question

Is this just something I imagine or…?

In: Other

Answer 1

Singing with a British accent came first so technically American accents sound like a singing British accent…

Answer 2

So this is actually a pretty well studied question. If you cant get a satisfactory answer here, there’s tons of YouTube videos, articles and whatnot that examine this phenomenon.

Answer 3

Check out Raye, she sings with a British accent apparently. Only caught that once a vocal analyst pointed it out on YouTube

Answer 4

Actually, it’s more that people with American accents sound like they have British accents when they sing. The Rs in particular become more like British Rs. Songs sung with hard Rs essentially become country music songs. Sing any Beatles songs with hard Rs and you’ll hear it.

Answer 5

Also, rules of diction are applied to each language. English has its rules, Italian, German, etc. Any given language can have many dialects, however, classically trained singers will use these rules, regardless of their accent. Other modern genres sometimes do, sometimes don’t!