Sam Smith and Kim Petras Make History as “Unholy” Reaches No. 1 on the Charts
, Kim opened up about the expectations she faces as a pop artist who happens to be transgender. "A lot of people didn't believe that I could be a great songwriter, or be super talented, and be transgender. I feel like a lot of people felt like 'transgender' would set you up to not be able to do that," she told the outlet at the time. "I just want to prove people wrong.
I want to get a Number 1 on the [Billboard] Hot 100.". She gave them a shoutout on social media upon receiving the news that their song went number one. "NUMBER ONEEEE HOT 100! I'm so grateful," thesinger wrote. "Sam I can't thank you enough for riding with me for years at this point. 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 love you forever angel Sam.