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| Diana Antwi Hamilton, VGMA22 New Artiste of the Year |
The auditorium at the Grand Arena of the Accra International Conference Centre was today thrown into a state of frenzy when one of Ghana’s best female gospel artiste, Diana Hamilton was adjudged Artiste of the Year category in this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Festival.
Minister Hamilton who bagged the most popular song of the year with her gospel hit song ‘Adom’ which for months enjoyed massive airplay in the media also won in other categories.
The historic moment was greeted with swift standing ovation and a resounding cheers of applause from the music audience and lovers who were there in their numbers to witness the event and to watch their favourite nominees. There was no movement at the auditorium.
The Kumasi born gospel singer noted for her strong vocals managed to outwit likes of the lyricist Sarkodie, the silky voice and vocalist KiDi, Kuami Eugene, Artiste of Year for 2020 and Adina, the famous female music diva to win that enviable position. She also surprised the likes of Celestine Donkor and other gospel nominees to clinch the Gospel Song of the Year and the Most Popular Song of the Year Awards.
inewsonlinegh and many other music enthusiasts saw this coming and indeed Diana Antwi Hamilton took the ultimate crown as Artiste of the year, an award truly deserved due to her skilled potential in crafting rich but inspiring contents that of great essence and value in the music space. Historically, Minister Hamilton will be acknowledged in the history books as the only female gospel music Artiste to pick suc a prestigious award since the Ghana music award came to being 22 years ago. She has broken the jinx and repelled the long held notion that no female Artiste could win that top honour. Indeed she has deservedly changed the narrative to prove critics wrong.
This year’s 22 Vodafone Music Awards proudly organized by the media and entertainment giant, Charter House Productions was held with strict adherence to void safety protocol at every at every point of entry. The annual event which live on AKWAABA MAGIC, ROK GH, & SOUNDCITY (both on DSTV across Africa), TV3 and other local networks was preceded by a spectacular red carpet show.
inewsonlinegh would like to congratulate the ‘Adom’ hitmaker and other strong nominees for their hard work which ultimately earned then nominations at the 22snd Edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
Brief profile of Minister Diana Hamilton
Dr Diana Antwi Hamilton, a practicing psychiatrist for over 20 years was born to Apostle Felix Antwi and Mrs Comfort Antwi a former Executive Council Member of the Church of Pentecost has lived her dream of becoming a musician even at a very tender age. Noted for her strong spiritual background, the ever loving Diana has over time rekindled and activated the spiritual life many through her music. The gifted song writer and multi-octave gifted artiste had led the way to the new generation of Africa gospel music. Her musical career could best be described as phenomenal considering her versatility in producing songs that are life touching in character. Her soothing voice, fame and consistent delivery in the country’s music industry has earned her more laurels across boundaries.
As a leading voice in contemporary African gospel music, Minister Diana has raised the bar of the gospel genre, earning her much respect and dominance over other colleague that are equally making strong emergence in the said genre. At the recent 3Music Women’s Brunch, Minister Diana was honoured as the 2021 Most Streamed Female Act of the Year Award. In March this year, she was rated among the Top 30 Most Influential Women in Music by the 3Music Awards Women’s Brunch. Her step to stardom is not surprising as she keeps wining back to back thus becoming the envy of other known music artistes in the industry.
Undoubtedly Ministry now poses a threat to most musicians engaged in circular music. She has become a formidable force to reckon with taken into account her rich music background and stage works.
GBCs Isaac Asare
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