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When someone sings in French, the person's origin is usually pretty easy to recognize. People from Quebec and France do not sound alike at all, in talking and in singing. Some are exaggerating with their accents (Marie-Chantale Toupin), but most just seem to use regular, everyday language.

From the bits and pieces of Spanish I have listened, the distinction also seems neat. Groups like Mecano (Spain) have the obvious Castillano accent by singing "on the tip of their tongue."

However, at least in industrialized countries, there seems to be absolutely no distinction from English singers. Be it Elton John, Brian Adams, Kate Perry, Kylie Minogue... they all seem to have the same "standardized" accent, i.e. one from the U.S.

Why is that? Are the distinctions neat (or inexistant) for other languages like Portuguese or Arabic?
When someone sings in French, the person's origin is usually pretty easy to recognize. People from Quebec and France do not sound alike at all, in talking and in singing. Some are exaggerating with their accents (Marie-Chantale Toupin), but most just seem to use regular, everyday language.

From the bits and pieces of Spanish I have listened, the distinction also seems neat. Groups like Mecano (Spain) have the obvious Castillano accent by singing "on the tip of their tongue."

However, at least in industrialized countries, there seems to be absolutely no distinction from English singers. Be it Elton John, Brian Adams, Kate Perry, Kylie Minogue... they all seem to have the same "standardized" accent, i.e. one from the U.S.

Why is that? Are the distinctions neat (or inexistant) for other languages like Portuguese or Arabic?
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but, that's not true.

Listen to singers from America, Australia and England and you can hear a difference. It's not a strong difference but it does exist. I can quite often hear whether or not I'm listening to an America singer or someone from another English speaking country.

It's not always overly obvious but it does exist. Probably not as prominent as the ones you mentioned though.
but, that's not true.

Listen to singers from America, Australia and England and you can hear a difference. It's not a strong difference but it does exist. I can quite often hear whether or not I'm listening to an America singer or someone from another English speaking country.

It's not always overly obvious but it does exist. Probably not as prominent as the ones you mentioned though.
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geeogree : The only time I could notice an English accent was with Sporty Spice (?). Even when singing her accent is very thick. Otherwise, other than maybe some regional expressions the pronunciation in English is pretty standard. Maybe because English is not my native language that I can not 

But now that I think about it, "racial" accents in English can be obvious (and I am not talking about rap). If you listen to old blues and jazz, you can usually tell that the singers were Black. And in modern rythmn and blues the accent seems obvious.
geeogree : The only time I could notice an English accent was with Sporty Spice (?). Even when singing her accent is very thick. Otherwise, other than maybe some regional expressions the pronunciation in English is pretty standard. Maybe because English is not my native language that I can not 

But now that I think about it, "racial" accents in English can be obvious (and I am not talking about rap). If you listen to old blues and jazz, you can usually tell that the singers were Black. And in modern rythmn and blues the accent seems obvious.
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