Diana Hamilton has gained currency in recent times in the gospel music fraternity than she has made since she started music mainstream about 13 years ago.
For the newbies in the music space, Diana may be new in the system but, no. She has been in the industry for close to 13 years – and she has some pretty good songs.
Her rebirth onto the music market was in 2015 when she released ‘Work in Progress.’ Since then she has strongly registered her place music industry again.
She has been nominated in the Vodafone Music Awards for Gospel Song of the Year, Gospel Artiste of the Year and Female Vocal Performance, with the song ‘Mo Ne Yor.’
She has an annual concert dubbed “The Experience with Diana Hamilton” which ahs been a blessing to patrons over the years.
These are 5 revealing facts about the songstress
1. Her debut album, ‘Osoro Be Kasa’ hit the music charts in Ghana in 2007 and was nominated for Best Female Vocal Performance and Gospel Song of the year for Ghana Music awards 2008.
2. Her second album, ‘Ensi Wo Yie’ catapulted her into prominence. ‘Ensi wo Yie’, a song on the album received nomination for Gospel song of the year 2010 at the Ghana Music Awards. Diana Hamilton was also nominated for Best Musician at the Ghana UK Based Achievement Awards 2010. She won the Best Artiste Europe at the Africa Gospel Awards 2011.
3. She was born to Apostle Felix Antwi and Mrs Comfort Antwi a former Executive Council Member of the Church of Pentecost who presently heads the Takoradi Area of the Church. Her dad didn’t want her to be a musician. According to the “Mo Ne Yo” hitmaker, before she gained admission to Senior High School (SHS), her dad was advised to get her a music school but he ignored the advice.
4. She started off in mainstream music at the age of 13 as a backing vocalist with Francis Agyei.
5. Diana makes about £26,000 annually from her career as a nurse in the United Kingdom but she also dedicated to winning souls through music.
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By: ghanaweekend.com
