Dolly Parton

About Dolly Parton

The most honored and revered multi-hyphenate of all time, Dolly Parton scored the biggest debut sales week of her seven-decade career with her latest album “Rockstar” which earned her six #1s on the Billboard charts and the #3 spot on the Billboard 200, her highest position ever. A Country Music Hall of Fame member and recently inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, her career spans a record 49 Top 10 country albums and 120 charted singles over the past 50 years, including 26 songs that hit #1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. With 27 RIAA gold, platinum, and multi-platinum certifications, the RIAA recognized her in 2014 for over 100 million units sold worldwide. She has 11 Grammy Awards and 52 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, 10 CMA Awards, including Entertainer of the Year; five ACM Awards, also including a nod for Entertainer of the Year; four People's Choice Awards, and three American Music Awards. Parton has donated over 230 million books to children worldwide with her Imagination Library. She topped the New York Times Best Seller List with her book Run Rose Run co-authored with James Patterson, for 5 weeks, a record for this decade, alongside an accompanying album which reached #1 on the Country, Americana/Folk and Bluegrass Albums charts. Parton’s NYT Bestseller, “Behind The Seams: My Life in Rhinestones” became her second bestseller coffee table book, following “Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.”