German singer-songwriter, currently based in Los Angeles, who released music as an independent artist under her own imprint, BunHead Records between 2016 and 2020, before signing with Amigo and Republic Records in 2021. In 2022, Petras released the single “Unholy,” alongside Sam Smith, which garnered her the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. 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.
Petras was raised in Cologne, where she had become subject of media coverage after undergoing gender transition at a young age. Petras began recording music as a teenager, releasing her debut extended play One Piece of Tape in 2011. She independently released her debut single in 2017, the Dr. Luke-produced “I Don’t Want It at All”, which went on to top several viral music charts on Spotify. The song was followed by Billboard-charting singles “Feeling of Falling” (with Cheat Codes), “Heart to Break”, and “1, 2, 3 Dayz Up” (featuring Sophie).
Following her early success, Petras released a slew of digital singles which would later comprise her unofficial body of work known as “Era 1”. On 1 October 2018, Petras released the Halloween-themed, novelty EP Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1. Her first studio album Clarity was released on 28 June 2019. The record was preceded with a nine-week-long promotional campaign, during which Petras released one single a week with an accompanying visual video. Clarity managed to reach number seven on the Heatseekers Chart and number 26 on the Independent Albums chart.
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