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Chart topping singer Kim Petras has confessed she is ‘stressing out’ ahead of her appearance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards this weekend.
The 30-year-old German singer is nominated Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for her song Unholy.
The single - which topped the charts in both the UK and USA, but not her native Germany - is a duet with British star Sam Smith.
The duo have made history to be the first transgender and non-binary performers to be nominated in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category.
Kim Petras is stressing about the 2023 Grammy Awards (Chelsea Lauren/REX/Shutterstock)Speaking to The Sun, Kim gushed: “I still can’t believe that is happening. Honestly, I feel like I was crying and overwhelmed because I never thought I’d be acknowledged in any way by the Recording Academy.
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“It was never my goal to win a Grammy or to get nominated but now there’s the possibility of that. It’s crazy.”
However, she went on to admit she is feeling anxious about what to wear on the famous Grammy’s red carpet.
She explained: “I’m stressing out about the outfit. It’s the Grammys and a historical moment for a trans girl.
The singer is nominated in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category (Chelsea Lauren/REX/Shutterstock)
Kim shares her nomination with British singer Sam Smith (Getty Images)“I usually want to let other people shine, but now I’m nominated, I need to shine.”
Kim and Sam face stiff competition in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category as they will be up against music icons ABBA, British band Coldplay for their collaboration with Korean boyband BTS, former Fifth Harmony singer Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran who collaborated on a song titled Bam Bam together, and rap sensation Post Malone for a track he performed alongside Doja Cat.
Kim and Sam won’t just be sashaying down the red carpet and rising in the nominees chairs - they will also take to the stage as part of the ceremony to perform their hit song.
Kim is not the first transgender artist to be nominated for a Grammy.
Fellow musician Honey Dijon is nominated this year for her production work on Beyonce ’s album, Renaissance.
While songwriter Teddy Geiger was nominated at the 2019 awards for writing the song In My Blood by Shawn Mendes.
Venezuelan musician and producer Arca was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album in 2021 for her album Kick I and has also been nominated for two Latin Grammy's in the past.
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American performer Jackie Shane saw her 1960s LP Any Other Way nominated for Best Historical Album at the 2017 Grammys.
Coldplay and BTS are also nominated for the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Grammy (FILE)Late Producer, DJ, and songwriter Sophie was nomination in 2019 for Best Dance/Electronic Album for her album Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides.
And transgender electronic music composer Wendy Carlos won three Grammys for her 1968 album Switched-On Bach.