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** High sopranos also count. Their speaking voices are usually much lower than their singing ones.
** As do low basses; most do not have particularly low speaking voices.
* Male singers in the Bachata and Dominican Merengue genre tend to affect a nasal-like falsetto tone when singing, but have normal, even deep talking voices. Just listen to Juan Luis Guerra or Romeo Santos' songs, and then listen to their interviews.
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* [[Coheed and Cambria|Claudio Sanchez's]] high-pitched, almost feminine singing voice contrast with his softer, deeper speech.
* Blues/R&B singer [[Adele|Adele Adkins]] is known for her powerful voice, but speaks with a sort of shrill, slurring [[British Accents|East London accent]].
** Spoofed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx_BgZR_U8k
* [[Rihanna]] suffers from this. Her beautiful singing voice contrasts with her ''heavily'' Barbados-accented speech. Her speaking voice is not ugly by any means, but it is hard to understand for people not used to the accent. Since her early singing used to feature her accent, there are suspicions of heavy vocal training.
* Shrieking metal singers also have this, but it's usually their speaking voice which is more pleasant than their singing voice. Examples include [[Alice Cooper]],[[Judas Priest|Rob Halford]], [[Cradle of Filth|Dani Filth]] and [[King Diamond]].
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* So does [[Keith Urban]].
* [[Michael Jackson]] is a mild case. His adult singing voice is a little deeper and grittier than his gentle-sounding speaking voice, but allegedly he affected his speaking voice while in public, and his actual speaking voice sounded quite masculine and closer to his singing one.
* [[Prince]] has a speaking voice that's considerably and quite noticeably deeper than what we usually hear him singing with.
* [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]'s French-language songs are usually sung with the barest Québecois accent. On the other side, Céline's natural speech is... well, in the words of humorist Anthony Kavannagh:
{{quote|'''Kavannagh''': When Céline speaks, your reaction is... A: "What a beautiful woman!", B: "What a beautiful voice!", C: "What's she saying again?"
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* In the Brazilian version of Disney's version of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', Frollo was voiced by a normal voice actor, but during the singing scenes they hired a professional opera singer. The difference between voices is blatant.
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "Homer of Seville," when Homer is lying on his back, his singing voice is majestic and beautiful, though his speaking voice (and his singing voice while upright) is the same old Homer.
** In another ''Simpsons'' episode, Homer's Barbershop Quartet, it's revealed that Barney is a ridiculously good tenor.
** Yet another ''Simpsons'' example! From the episode "Bart's Girlfriend":
{{quote|(Bart hears a lovely female singing voice)
'''Bart''': Jessica!
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* Finn from ''[[Adventure Time]]'' sings in an [[Auto-Tune|Auto Tuned]] voice, given that he once [[Noodle Incident|swallowed a computer]].
** However it is still the same actor at least.
* An episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' reveals that Mr. Hyunh, whose speaking voice has a very heavy Vietnamese accent, apparently turns into [[Randy Travis]] when he sings.
* ''[[Jem and The Holograms]]'' featured Kimber singing a duet with Stormer of The Misfits. It was a good song, but unfortunately, they chose the breathy voice of an adult woman, whereas Kimber is a high-pitched-talking teenager.
* Cornwallis Hanky from ''[[South Park]]'' has a tenor voice while singing.
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