VGMA 2021: Diana Hamilton Pips KiDi, Others To Become 1st Woman Alive To Win Artiste Of The Year

Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 9:33 AM by Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah

Gospel singer Diana Antwi Hamilton has emerged as the Artiste of the Year at the 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA 2021)
Hamilton took the award ahead of KiDi, Kuami Eugene, Sarkodie, Adina, and Medikal
The win sees her make history as the first woman alive to receive the ultimate award at the VGMA
Hamilton also took three other award, including the Song of the Year, Gospel Song and Artiste of the Year, to bring her total to four

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Gospel singer Diana Hamilton has won the 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA 2021) Artiste of the Year.

Diana Hamilton picked the award ahead of KiDi, Adina, Kuami Eugene, Sarkodie, and Medikal.

Apart from winning the ultimate of the night, Hamilton's Adom (Grace) was adjudged as the Song of the Year. She pipped KiDi, Sarkodie, Kuami Eugene, Medikal, and others in that category as well.

Records set

By her win, Hamilton has become the second-ever gospel singer to win the ultimate in the 22-year history of the awards. Joe Mettle won in 2017.

She is also the second-ever female artiste to emerge as the Artiste of the Year at the VGMA. The first was Ebony Reigns who won in 2018.

Considering that Ebony won the Artiste of the Year posthumously, Hamilton has become the first woman alive to receive the award.

KiDi reacts

Meanwhile, KiDi, known in private life as Dennis Dwamena, has spoken after losing out on the ultimate at the 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA 2021).

KiDi had been highly tipped to win the Artiste of the Year award but he lost out to gospel singer Diana Hamilton.