Christian recording artist Dianna Hobbs has been singing for as long as she can remember, growing up in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) tradition. Many assume she was born with a passion for music. Dianna tells a different story. “I hated singing,” she recalls. “I would cry and beg not to have to do it.”

Her parents, Bishop Joseph Brinson, Sr., and First Lady Annie Brinson, instilled in her a deep belief that using her voice was an act of obedience in service to the Lord. That lesson has guided her musical journey ever since.

“Liking to sing is less important to me than loving the One I sing about,” Dianna explains. Her musical foundation was laid early at Holy Ghost Cathedral COGIC, where her father pastored.

At just 12 years old, she stepped into leading the music department after her eldest sister, the minister of music, moved away. She felt unprepared, and the experience taught her to arrange harmonies and write songs, skills that would shape her future.

Dianna was featured as a lead vocalist on two songs, “We Must Change (Lay Down)” and “Call On Jesus,” on her brother Christopher Brinson’s Malaco release, A Better Way.

During this time, she was mentored by her brother and gospel producer Cedric Thompson. “Whenever I sang and Cedric thought I could push further, he’d say, ‘There’s a better man in you,’ and wouldn’t stop until I got it just right,” she recalls.

Dianna credits her brother, writer of “What If God Is Unhappy?”, with teaching her the basics of the music industry. These early experiences taught her to sing from the heart.

Dianna had her first major breakthrough, performing original songs at a concert that drew over a thousand attendees. By the end of the night, the altar was packed with people seeking salvation, restoration, and renewal.

“That’s when I saw firsthand that music is ministry,” she says. That revelation has driven her work ever since.

“We Must Change,” written by her brother, Bishop Christopher Brinson, and featuring Dianna, was released as a single. The song appeared on the compilation album CoCo Brother Presents Gospel Mix V, which reached stores nationwide that September.

Dianna did not have an album to sell at the time. She began recording and releasing original music while expanding her ministry as a Bible teacher, blogger, radio host, and podcaster.

Over the years, she has been featured on collaborative projects and has independently released several solo songs. Today she works in partnership with Halo Management, sharing her gift and bringing people closer to God through her music.