→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?su→’s Basement https://youtu.be/tp61Yrj5lTA?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: Mick Jagger, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Ed Sheeran, Phil Collins and George Michael all grew up in or near London and have very recognizably British accents. Once on stage, they sing like someone who grew up in New England rather than old. Yet another example is Adele, who has a lovely speaking voice, a very heavy cockney accent, yet her singing pipes do not indicate her dialect. One might argue that Adele’s speaking and singing voices were two different people if listening without visuals. Going beyond the British, we see the same thing with other non-American musicians, such as the Swedish band ABBA, and many others singing in English, yet from various places around the world. It seems like no matter where you’re from, if you’re singing in English, you’re probably singing with an American accent, unless you’re actively trying to retain your native accent, which some groups do. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/why-british-singers-lose-their-accent-when-singing/ Sources: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/01/sing-american-english-accent_n_1247356.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1VOBLSpac http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/08/accents.html http://david-crystal.blogspot.com/search?q=singing+regional+accents http://scrawledinwax.com/2007/09/30/is-singing-in-an-english-accent-an-act-of-rebellion/ http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-474307p1.html?cr=00&pl=edit-00