Sam Smith and Kim Petras have made historical past by changing into the primary brazenly nonbinary and transgender artists to prime the Billboard Scorching 100 with their collaborative observe, Unholy.
Billboard confirmed the duo’s achievement on the coveted US chart through Twitter.
The daring track about a bootleg affair soared to the highest of the charts following its launch final month. The accompanying music video has had greater than 29 million YouTube views. (Watch video above)
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Whereas Smith has had eight UK quantity ones, together with their Grammy Award-winning track Stick with Me, that is the British singer’s first on the Billboard Scorching 100.
Petras, a transgender girl, shared the information on her Instagram web page, telling her 775,000 followers that she was “so grateful” for the track’s success.
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“Sam, I am unable to thanks sufficient for using with me for years at this level,” the German pop star wrote.
“I am so honoured to be a part of your first primary within the US which you need to have 500 of at this level. I really like you perpetually angel Sam.”
Smith advised followers on Instagram that they had been “speechless, overwhelmed, nautious and very completely happy” after getting their first US number one.
“I’m so honoured to get to work with such extremely gifted musicians and people,” the 30-year-old musician mentioned.
“And Kim… what magic you might be. You’re a treasure and an inspiration to so many. Thanks for leaping with me.”
The one additionally spent the previous 4 weeks on the prime of the UK charts, incomes Smith their first No. 1 hit on dwelling soil since popping out as nonbinary in 2019.
There’s solely been one different nonbinary artist to have topped the Billboard chart and that is US singer Halsey, who makes use of each they/them and she or he/her pronouns.
The chart-topping success got here with singles akin to Nearer with The Chainsmokers in 2016 and With out Me in 2018, which had been launched earlier than they publicly got here out in 2021.
Unholy is the second single from Smith’s fourth studio album, Gloria, which is about for launch in January.
Smith’s final album was 2020’s Love Goes, which spawned hits together with Dancing with a Stranger and Diamonds.
Petras, 30, launched her debut single I Do not Need It at All in 2017 and her most up-to-date venture was the EP Slut Pop, which she unveiled in February.
In 2019, she advised UK outlet Metro that whereas she is a transgender activist, she needs her expertise, not her gender, to be the subject of dialog.
“I wish to be taken significantly,” she mentioned, including that she needs to “simply be like another artist, to be judged on the standard of my music, and never on my gender”.
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