Ik heb wel eens opgezocht waarom Elton John brits klinkt als hij praat, maar amerikaans als hij zingt.
Ik denk dat het ongeveer hetzelfde is voor accenten in Nederland: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/08/why-british-singers-lose-their-accent-when-singing/#:~:text=In%20a%20nutshell%2C%20it%20has,American”%20accent%20is%20fairly%20neutral.
To put it in another way, it’s the pace of the music that affects the pace of the singer’s delivery. A person’s accent is easily detectable when they are speaking at normal speed. When singing, the pace is often slower. Words are drawn out and more powerfully pronounced and the accent becomes more neutral.
Another factor is that the air pressure we use to make sounds is much greater when we sing. Those who sing have to learn to breathe correctly to sustain notes for the right amount of time, and singing requires the air passages to expand and become larger. This changes the quality of the sound. As a result, regional accents can disappear because syllables are stretched out and stresses fall differently than in normal speech. So, once again, this all adds up to singing accents becoming more neutral.
