Feb 6, 2023All about Kim Petras, the first transgender woman to win GrammysGunjan Verma
German singer
Kim Petras, born 27 August 1992, is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.Agencies
Kim was assigned male at birth
Her mother is a choreographer and artist, her father is an architect, and her older sister is also a singer.Agencies
As a teenager
Petras was 14 when she appeared on a talk show, in a push to get permission for early sex reassignment surgery at age 16, which is before the minimum age of 18 in Germany.Agencies
Youngest person to...
In November 2008, when Petras announced that the surgery was completed, she was claimed to be the youngest person in the world to have had that surgery at the time.Agencies
A woman!
On being asked if post surgery she felt like a woman, Petras stated, "I was asked if I feel like a woman now – but the truth is I have always felt like a woman – I just ended up in the wrong body".Agencies
First single
In August 2017, Petras released her debut single "I Don't Want It at All" and the song became a global hit instantly.Agencies
The viral duo
In2022, Petras released the song "Unholy", a collaboration with Sam Smith. The track became viral. Agencies
No. 1
It was her first career entry on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, eventually topping the charts later. This made Petras the first openly transgender woman in history to have a number-one song on the chart, and Smith the first openly non-binary person to do so.Agencies