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Yeah most British singers (either in metal/emo bands or that are part of that X Factor karaoke thing) sing in a generic transatlantic accent... but, more recently, I'd say bands singing in an exaggerated regional accent (and using regional colloquiums) are more noticeable.
I'm as Northern as you can be without actually being a whippet wearing a flat cap with flecks of black pudding on it. But when I hear the singer from the Arctic Monkeys singing 'but all of dat is what the point is not', etc, like a pantomime Northerner, I think 'you annoying Northern c*nts'. Then I order a pint of Tetleys.
It's hard to say what is the ideal singing accent. I'd say a natural one which isn't affected in anyway (confusingly, those regional accents are often said to be natural but they're clearly affected). When I'm singing - I'm basically talking in a low, whispery way, like Kevin Shields and a lot of the Scottish indie bands do... that seems about right.
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