Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, actress, author, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music. Her career began as a child performer on the radio, then recording a few singles from the age of 13.
Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, and digital downloads during her career have topped 100 million worldwide. She has garnered 8 Grammy Awards, 2 Academy Award nominations, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 7 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards, and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. Parton has received 46 Grammy nominations, tying her with Beyoncé for the most Grammy nominations for a woman and placing her in eighth place overall.
In 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She has composed over 3,000 songs, the best known of which include "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", "9 to 5", and "My Tennessee Mountain Home". Parton is also one of the few to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards.
As an actress, she starred in 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, A Smoky Mountain Christmas, Steel Magnolias, Wild Texas Wind, Gnomeo & Juliet, Straight Talk, Unlikely Angel, Blue Valley Songbird, and Joyful Noise
Album List:
1968 Just Because Iâ™m A Woman
1971 Golden Streets Of Glory
1971 Coat Of Many Colors (Remastered&Expanded)
1973 My Tennessee Mountain Home (Remastered + Expanded)
1974 Jolene
1976-77 All I Can Do & New Harvest...First Gathering
1978 Heartbreaker
1979-80 Great Balls Of Fire & Dolly Dolly Dolly
1980 9 To 5 & Odd Jobs
1983 The Love album
1983-85 Burlap & Satin - Real Love
1984 Once Upon A Christmas
1987 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris – Trio
1989 White Limozeen
1990 Home for Christmas
1991 Eagle When She Flies
1993 Slow Dancing With The Moon
1996 Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – The Essential Porter and Dolly
1996 I Will Always Love You & Other Greatest Hits
1996 Treasures
1998 Hungry Again
1999 The Grass Is Blue
2002 Halos & Horns
2005 Those Were The Days
2008 The Tour Collection (4 CD-Box)
2009 Dolly (4 CD-Box)
2009 Backwoods Barbie (+3 songs)
2009 Live from London
2014 Blue Smoke
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