Singers with clear and discernible accents

[Jorge]

A lot of English language singers default to a neutral kind of non-accent when they sing (notice how Shirley Manson's strong Scottish accent completely disappears when she sings), so I'm always delighted when I hear someone who clearly has a strong accent that shines through.

Let's name some

[LoathedVermin72]

Many punk singers have aggressive British accents...even American ones like Billie Joe Armstrong

[Ello Sailor]

Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil (Straya)

[Kevin Davis]

Shane MacGowan

[Kevin Davis]

Richard Thompson

[Kevin Davis]

Most country singers really lean into their accents, with Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland possibly being the lean-iest:

[LoathedVermin72]

Rammstein (German)
Terminal Sleep (Australian)
Septicflesh (Greek)

[Ello Sailor]

LV out here scraping the bottom of the barrel.

Respect.

Edit: Sneaky fucker edited. Original post was just "Rammstein".

I don't think singing in your native tongue counts as an accent.

[The Argonaut]

Bjork
Kate Nash

[Ello Sailor]

Bjork is a great call.

[liebzz]

Willie Nelson

[i got bugs]

The guy from the fratellis

[LoathedVermin72]

Nico

[daft twat]

Alex Turner on Arctic Monkeys’ debut.

[Ello Sailor]

Alex Turner on Arctic Monkeys’ debut.

Truuuue

[Matters]

The Waterboys singer Mike Scott

[wease]

Charo

[Self]

Scott Hutchison and Gerry Cinnamon. Gerry hides it on 'Sometimes' though. Wonder what that's about?

[lvc]

Guy Garvey

[Jorge]

Edit: Sneaky fucker edited. Original post was just "Rammstein".

I don't think singing in your native tongue counts as an accent.

If we knew enough to distinguish between the accents of various parts of Germany, maybe

Like in Spanish there are singers who very clearly sound Argentinian (Vicentico), Colombian (Carlos Vives), Puerto Rican (Bad Bunny), Spanish (Alejandro Sanz), etc.

and then there are also singers who sound more generically "neutral" (Diego Torres, Ricardo Arjona, Ricky Martin)