Kim Petras

The singer won the Grammy under the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category for her duet performance of 'Unholy' with Sam Smith, and this also makes her the ...

The win also makes her the first transgender woman to win in this category. Kim also paid tribute to her friend, transwoman and pop musician Sophie who tragically passed away in 2021 at 34. Pop singer Kim Petras has created history as the first openly transgender woman to win a Grammy award at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards that was held today.

The popstar won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for Unholy with Sam Smith, becoming the first trans woman to win this award.

Listen back to an International Women’s Day [tribute mix to SOPHIE curated by Abyss X](https://crackmagazine.net/article/mixprofile/international-womens-day-sophie-by-abyss-x/) below. Kim Petras made history at the Grammy Awards last night (5 February), becoming the first trans woman to win the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. SOPHIE, especially, my friend who passed away two years ago, who told me this would happen and always believed in me.

Kim Petras and Sam Smith accept Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Unholy” onstage during the 65th Grammy Awards. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The ...

Kim Petras, who worked with Sam Smith on the song Unholy, made history by being the first transgender woman to be awarded a Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group ...

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). The FPI route is for foreign investment in rupee-denominated debt. The ECB mechanism is for borrowings in foreign currency. [Kim Petras](/topic/kim-petras)and Sam Smith on Monday shared the Grammy Award for the best pop duo. I simply want to express my gratitude to all the amazing transgender icons that came before me and pushed these doors wide so that I could be present tonight "said Kim. Kim thanked the

The two pop singers won best pop duo/group performance for "Unholy" at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony.

The track is off of Smith’s newest record “Gloria” released in January. Brought onto the stage by Madonna, Smith started the song in red leather surrounded by a crew of dancers. Sam Smith and Kim Petras brought the heat for a live performance of the Grammy-winning track “Unholy” during

Sam Smith and Kim Petras' "Unholy" Grammys set is called "Satanic" and "evil" by conservatives, including Ted Cruz.

During the ceremony on Sunday Another added some conspiracy-baiting into the mix, [saying](https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1622450108641021953) Madonna (who introduced the performance) [ looked like a statue](https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2023/january/nyc-elevates-horned-statue-paying-homage-to-rbg-and-abortion-critics-say-it-looks-satanic) erected in New York City that conservatives have called “satanic” as well. “I know we on the right probably use the word satanic too often but this performance from Sam Smith is literally a tribute to Satan,” [wrote](https://twitter.com/ben_kew/status/1622451517759315969) one viewer. 5), [Sam Smith](http://billboard.com/artist/sam-smith) and [Kim Petras](http://billboard.com/artist/kim-petras) offered a rousing [performance](https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/sam-smith-kim-petras-unholy-2023-grammys-1235213311/) of their hit single “ [Unholy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq9gPaIzbe8&ab_channel=SamSmithVEVO),” in which Petras performed alongside drag stars Violet Chachki and Gottmik dressed in devil costumes, while Smith was in a bright red top hat with devil horns sticking out from it for the final chorus. “I just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” she said during her speech, especially thanking the late SOPHIE for her constant support. “Everyone who believed in me to this point, I love you so much.”

After Kim Petras made history at the 2023 Grammys as the first transgender woman to win in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category, she reflected on the ...

and [Madonna](https://www.eonline.com/news/madonna), the latter of whom introduced Petras and Smith's [ performance of "Unholy"](https://www.eonline.com/news/1363406/2023-grammys-youll-be-lucky-lucky-to-see-sam-smith-and-kim-petras-unholy-performance) during the show. "I just love being in the room with other creative people who have their own vision and their own identity as artists and creating together," Petras noted. "Sam's been doing this for a little while and has so many amazing songs, and I just I feel like I've learned so much and so I'm grateful for that. And we're just like, 'I think the song needs you, and I think the song needs me. [For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! And then finally 'Unholy' came along and we both were like, 'This feels like our song and, like, our little baby.' So we were both, I think, just really into the song. But anyways, now I'm nominated, I got a Grammy for making gay club music with my friend and that's the best feeling in the world." I really hope for that because that was a big struggle for me growing up." "All these years are going through my head of people saying I would be a niche artist because I'm transgender and my music would only ever play in gay clubs. So hell yeah, I'm excited for that." "In the very beginning of my career Sam reached out and said 'I'm inspired by you, and I would love to make a song with you eventually,'" she recalled. "Honestly, I just think that people need to judge less," she continued, "and I hope that there's a future where gender and identity and all these labels don't matter that much and where people can just be themselves and not get judged so hard and not be labeled so hard.

Brought onto the stage by Madonna, Smith started the song in red leather surrounded by a crew of dancers. The camera then turned to Petras, who was seen dancing ...

The track is off of Smith’s newest record “Gloria” released in January. Brought onto the stage by Madonna, Smith started the song in red leather surrounded by a crew of dancers. Sam Smith and Kim Petras brought the heat for a live performance of the Grammy-winning track “Unholy” during

Sam Smith & his duet partner, Kim Petras, joined forces on Sunday (Feb. 5) for a performance of their hit song, "Unholy."

LL COOL J will be on hand to introduce the segment and give a dedication to hip hop. This fan-favorite was released in September and reached the top spot on the charts. The coveted awards ceremony also streamed live and on demand via Paramount+. For a full list of winner, visit Sam graciously wanted me to accept this award because I’m the first transgender woman to win this award,” she began. The fiery appearance served as a follow-up to Smith and Petras being crowned winners for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. It’s cool to be in the same category as those artists that I really look up to.” “SOPHIE especially, my friend who passed away two years ago who told me this would happen and always believed in me. The audience’s gaze was reverted back to Smith who fully embraced his character with a devil-horn hat. “Sam, I love you so much, and this song has been such an incredible, incredible journey for me, and Sam has been a supporter of mine for so long. 5) for a performance of their hit song, “Unholy.” As he pointed towards the main stage, Petras appeared trapped in a cage as she took over the next verse.

"Unholy" collaborators Sam Smith and Kim Petras went for a red-hot coordinated fashion moment on the Grammys 2023 red carpet, joined by Gottmik and Violet ...

[tweeted](https://twitter.com/maemurrayxo/status/1619996988111720448?s=20&t=t1d_lHLyQ1Tyz9ZaWLut1w) in response. [took the stage](https://nypost.com/2023/01/25/bad-bunny-mary-j-blige-more-to-perform-at-grammys-2023/) during the Grammys for a fiery performance of “Unholy” that polarized viewers; conservative types (including Texas Sen. [Added](https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1620004014531448833?s=20&t=t1d_lHLyQ1Tyz9ZaWLut1w) author Owen Jones, “Sex has always been a running theme in modern pop music, and music videos often flaunt it. “If Sam Smith were thin, cis, and straight, they wouldn’t be ridiculed for how they present and dress. If Harry Styles wore the same fits on a magazine cover, y’all would be screaming YAS QUEEN. [on the Grammys 2023 red carpet](https://pagesix.com/2023/02/05/grammys-2023-live-red-carpet-all-the-celebrity-outfits/) Sunday.

Kim Petras gave an emotional speech Sunday night accepting her first Grammy Award, dedicating her win to transgender artists who came before her.

I wouldn’t be here without her and her support,” she said. Petras, 30, first rose to international stardom in the early 2000s when she appeared on German airwaves in a push for permission to have gender-affirming surgery. At the time, she was thought to be the youngest trans person in the world to have the procedure, which is rarely performed on minors. "I adore you, and your inspiration will forever be in my music." “I don’t think I could be here without Madonna,” Petras said. “I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” Petras said.

"You can be yourself and get rewarded for your talent rather than your gender or your sexuality," the singer said backstage at the annual ceremony.

“I think a lot of people have labeled what I stand for and what Sam stands for as ‘religiously not cool.’ I personally grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it, but then slowly realizing it doesn’t want me to be a part of it.” “It’s a take on not being able to choose religion, and not being able to live the way that people might want you to live,” she said matter-of-factly. “So, yeah, Sam will never get rid of me and we will always sing this song for eternity.” “Now, I got a Grammy for making gay club music with my friend, and that’s the best feeling in the world.” Conservatives online referred to the pair’s fire-and-brimstone performance as “ I hope all the kids that saw this that are special or different or feel like they don’t belong …

Kim Petras and Sam Smith's “Unholy” made history once again at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. The hit single broke ground last October, becoming the first ...

The special, which premiered on Netflix in 2021, has been widely criticized as transphobic, and Chappelle’s win on Sunday [sparked outrage](https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/06/grammys-2023-dave-chappelle-netflix-special-the-closer-transphobic-reactions/) on social media. “I’d like to thank the queer community for your love, and for inventing the genre. On Sunday night, the song won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, making Smith and Petras the first trans and nonbinary artists to win that award. Renaissance is a tribute to Black and queer house music, and Beyoncé also gave a shout-out to the LGBTQ+ community. She scored wins for Best Dance Recording, Best Dance/Electronica Album, Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song, bringing her career total to 32 wins. Kim Petras and Sam Smith’s “Unholy” made history once again at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

"This... is... evil," Cruz wrote on Twitter, the ellipses perhaps representing the breaks he took to consume more pornography. Ted Cruz Calls Sam Smith and ...

Ted Cruz and more Republican figures are melting down over Kim Petras and Sam Smith's Grammys performance of "Unholy."

“Unholy” won the Grammy for best pop duo/group performance, making Petras the first openly transgender woman to win in the category. “So it’s a take on not being able to choose religion. “I just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open before me so I could be here tonight,” Petras said in her acceptance speech. “Satanism is the worship of the self. The playful and relatively tame “Unholy” performance featured Smith wearing a hat with devil horns, Petras singing from inside a cage and background dancers wearing red outfits and holding whips. Several conservative figures stormed social media in the aftermath of the performance to detest Smith and Petras for bringing a “satanic ritual” to screens across America.

The duo took home the award for their hit single, "Unholy," which they performed during the awards ceremony.

She is best known for scoring Stanley Kubrick's 1971 cult classic, "Clockwork Orange." "I adore you, and your inspiration will forever be in my music." It was the first number one hit for both artists, according to The duo took home the award for their hit single, "Unholy," which they also performed during the awards ceremony. [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sam-smith-kim-petras-unholy-number-one-hot-100-1235160237/), and Smith and Petras were the first publicly nonbinary and transgender artsts to top the Hot 100. Kim Petras and Sam Smith become the first transgender and nonbinary winners of the Grammy for Best Pop Duo Performance

Out LGBTQ artists nabbed several honors and allies paid tribute to the queer community during the 66th annual Grammy awards on February 5 in Los Angeles.

I’d like to thank the queer community for your love, and for inventing the genre. I’d like to thank my parents, my father, my mother, for loving me and pushing me. I’d like to thank my beautiful husband, my beautiful three children who are at home watching.

Kim Petras addressed winning a Grammy for her and Sam Smith's hit song Unholy, celebrating being the first transgender woman to win for best pop duo/group.

Sam graciously wanted me to accept this award because I'm the first transgender woman to win this award," Petras said in her speech at the 5 Feb. "Everyone who believed in me to this point, I love you so much." The win made Petras the first transgender woman to win a Grammy award for best pop duo/group performance.

Cruz commented on a Tweet from conservative podcaster Liz Wheeler yesterday, who posted a clip of Smith and Petras performing “Unholy” at the Grammys and wrote, ...

They made history on Sunday night as the first openly trans woman and nonbinary performer to win the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. So we were doing a take on that and I was kind of hellkeeper Kim.” The “evil” performance kicked off with Smith dressed in red leather and surrounded by a ring of dancers as flames flared behind them. Cruz commented on a Tweet from conservative podcaster Liz Wheeler yesterday, who posted a clip of Smith and Petras performing “Unholy” at the Grammys and wrote, “Don’t fight the culture wars, they say. [Ted Cruz](http://decider.com/tag/ted-cruz) is the latest conservative figure to call out the artists for their fiery display at the awards show. And not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because as a trans person I’m already not kind of wanted in religion.

Pop stars Sam Smith and Kim Petras' performance of their song “Unholy” drew backlash at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

If you “submit to God” and “resist the devil,” then “he will flee from you” (James 4:7). But just remember, Satan can tempt you to hate people who represent the culture like Smith and Petras. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t condemn the culture’s praise of satanic imagery (though we should perhaps expect it at this point). Which means people falling into the powers of darkness are deceived and need the light of Christ. We fight against dark powers all the time as believers, sometimes by subverting cultural darkness through love and prayer, sometimes (though less commonly in the West) through exorcism. He also writes, “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. Smith and Petras won the award for “Unholy” as the best pop duo song. This deconstruction of the Bible primarily comes from relativism, the belief that there are no absolute moral standards and people can live how they please (unless it harms someone else). Smith rejects a [biblical understanding of sexualit](https://www.denisonforum.org/resources/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality/)y and doesn’t believe in God. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. That rather comical picture of the devil with horns, hooves, and a pitchfork was cobbled together from the images of Greek gods, like Pan and Hades. / I’m not a saint / I’m more of a sinner / Maybe I’ll pray / Pray for a glimmer of hope.”

Kim Petras made history at the 65th Grammy Awards by becoming the first openly transgender woman to win the best pop group/duo performance Grammy.

I don't want my career to be about my gender identity. "I'm so honored to be a part of your first number one in the US which you should have 500 of at this point. "I feel like my songs are good because they're relatable to anybody. We spent it together that night, and I'll never forget it." Sam I can't thank you enough for riding with me for years at this point," Petras wrote in a celebratory "It was amazing. "When I was a kid, I used to not really have friends in school. With no connections or contacts in the music industry, Petras hit the open mic circuit in L.A., sending her songs and scouting for people willing to write with her. And her body of work has been reflective of that. "We just waited for the right moment and the right song to come along, and that really paid off. It's hard being an immigrant, being in the U.S. "Moving to a different country by yourself is hard.