Petras won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with collaborator Sam Smith.
Nothing unholy about this win:Kim Petrashas officially madeGrammy Awardshistory.
Petras called out Smith for being a supporter of hers for so long.
Kim Petras and Sam Smith won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2023 Grammys.Kevin Winter/Getty Images
She specifically called out the late singer-songwriter and Petras collaborator, Sophie, who died two years ago.
“[Sophie] told me this would happen, and always believed in me.
Thank you so much for your inspiration, Sophie.
I adore you.”
Petras also called out LGBTQ icon and queen of popMadonnain her speech on Sunday.
Later in the night, Madonna introduced the duo for their fiery performance of “Unholy.”
In another touching moment, Petras, who hails from self-admitted “nowhere Germany,” thanked her mother.
This was the first Grammy nomination and win for Petras, but the fifth for Smith.
“Unholy” was a smash hit in 2022.
In the US, the song debuted at No.
3 on theBillboardHot 100, but eventually peaked at No.
1, and Smith became the first openly non-binary person to do so, perBillboard.
