Kim Petras wins Grammy and makes trans history
Kim Petras won her first Grammy award Sunday for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside Sam Smith for their platinum hit “Unholy,” which Petras cowrote with Smith.
Petras, 30, also made history as the first solo artist who identifies as transgender to win a Grammy in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category. “I grew up next to a highway in Germany.
My mother believed me that I was a girl,” Petras said in her acceptance speech. “I wouldn’t be here without her and her support.” The dance-pop singer received a standing ovation while accepting the award.
It was a groundbreaking win for a song that made chart history, Petras and Smith also are the first openly transgender solo artist and non-binary solo artist, respectively, to ascend to # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
