Things You Didn't Know About Diana Hamilton, VGMA22 Artiste of the Year

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By Naliaka Kitui

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Ghanaian Female Gospel artiste Diana Antwi Hamilton who bagged The Artiste of the Year Award at the just held VGMA22 awards is a lot more than what people put an eye to.
To start with the songstress is the third child in the family of eight siblings. Her parents are Apostle Felix Elvis Antwi and Comfort Antwi in Kumasi, Ghana.

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Her initial profession was Nursing, However, she used to sing in the church at the early age of 13 and later on, she became a backing vocalist for Francis Agyei. She officially began her music career in 2007, when she released her debut album titled "Osoro Bekasa”. Her second album "Ensi Wo Yie", came out in 2010 and gained her a lot of fame in the Ghanaian gospel music industry and since then, she has become one of the biggest gospel artistes in Ghana. 

She is a regular host on OHTV’s (SKY 199) "Africa Rising" and she has served as Music Director of Royal Priesthood, the resident choir of the Church of Pentecost UK and before that she served as the Music Director of a music group at Kumasi called ‘Vibrations’.

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Her hobbies include cooking, singing, and designing fashion. Diana is the wife of Dr Joseph Hamilton and the two have a set of twins (Michaela and Michael).

Other than the artiste of the Year Award, Diana was able to bag three other awards in the 2021 VGMA music awards - Gospel Artiste of the Year, Gospel Song of the Year, and Most Popular Song of the Year 

She continues to be one of the most influential female musicians in Ghana. She mentors young people in her local church and nurtures the up-and-coming gospel artistes.