Sam Smith and Kim Petras they made history after becoming the first artists openly not binary Y transgender in driving the Billboard Hot 100 with its theme in which they both sing, ungodly.
Billboard confirmed the achievement of duo on Twitter, writing: “@samsmith and @kimpetras are the first publicly non-binary and transgender artists, respectively, to win a # 1 song on # Hot100, thanks to ‘Unholy.'”
The daring song about an “illicit affair” pink, second CNN, topped the charts after its release last month. The accompanying music video was already in circulation 29 millions of visits in Youtube.
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Although Sam Smith already has experience in this type of leadership with eight number ones in the UK including his award-winning song grammy Stay with methis is the first British singer in Billboard Hot 100.
The Billboard Hot 100 is a huge list of musical hits of the 100 best-selling singles in the United States.
The sheet list helps promote the national and international music industry and is considered one of the most important charts in existence. The publication of the Hot 100 ranking takes place weekly through the magazine Scoreboardand also via the Internet.
Who is Kim Petros
Kim Petros, a transgender womanshared the news on her Instagram page, telling her 775,000 followers she was “so grateful” for the song’s incredible success.
“Sam, I can’t thank you enough for traveling with me for years at this point,” wrote the German pop star. “I’m so honored to be part of their first number one in the US. I love you forever, Angel Sam.”
In turn, Smith told fans using his personal Instagram account that he was simply “speechless, overwhelmed and extremely happy”. This is what she posted after receiving her first one number 1 in the United States.
The 30-year-old musician added: “I am truly honored to be able to work with such incredibly talented musicians and human beings. And Kim … you are magical. You are a treasure and an inspiration to many. Thanks for jumping with me. “
ungodly is the second single from Smith’s fourth studio album, Glorywhose launch is scheduled for January only.
Smith’s last album was Love goessince 2020, which has generated hits such as Dancing with a stranger Y Diamonds.
Petras, 30, released his first debut song I do not want it at all in 2017 and his most recent project was the EP Troy Popwhich he unveiled in February.
In 2019, he told the British outlet meter that although she is a transgender activist, he wants his talent, “not his gender”, to be the topic of conversation when it comes to her.
“I want to be taken seriously”he asked before adding that he wants to “be like any other artist: I want to be judged by the quality of my music and not by my sexual condition”.
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Source: Clarin
