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Dolly Parton
Parton in 2010
Born	Dolly Rebecca Parton (1946-01-19) January 19, 1946 (age 79) Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupations	Singer songwriter musician actress philanthropist businesswoman
Years active	1955\u2013present
Spouse	\n Carl Dean (m. 1966)
Relatives	Bill Owens (uncle) Randy Parton (brother) Stella Parton (sister) Rachel Parton George (sister)
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	Country country pop bluegrass gospel rock
Instruments	Vocals guitar banjo saxophone dulcimer harmonica violin fiddle autoharp
Discography	Albums singles
Labels	Goldband Mercury Monument RCA Victor Columbia Warner Bros. Rising Tide Decca Sugar Hill Dolly^[1] Butterfly
\n Musical artist
Website	dollyparton.com
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Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), before her sales and chart peak arrived during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Some of Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records.\n

With a career spanning 60 years, Parton has been described as a \"country legend\" and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.^[2]^[3] Parton's music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 singles reach No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including \"I Will Always Love You\" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper, and an international hit for Whitney Houston), \"Jolene\", \"Coat of Many Colors\", and \"9 to 5\". As an actress, she has starred in the films 9 to 5 in 1980 and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1982 (for each of which she earned Best Actress Golden Globe nominations) as well as Rhinestone in 1984, Steel Magnolias in 1989, Straight Talk in 1992, and Joyful Noise in 2012.\n

Parton has received various accolades, including 11 Grammy Awards from 50 nominations. She has won ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year. She is one of seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. Parton has five Academy of Country Music Awards (including Entertainer of the Year), four People's Choice Awards, and three American Music Awards. She is also in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2005, she received the National Medal of Arts, and in 2022, she was nominated for and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a nomination she had initially declined but ultimately accepted.\n

Outside of her work in the music industry, she also co-owns The Dollywood Company, which manages a number of entertainment venues including the Dollywood theme park, the Splash Country water park, and a number of dinner theatre venues such as The Dolly Parton Stampede and Pirates Voyage. She has founded a number of charitable and philanthropic organizations, chief among them being the Dollywood Foundation, who manage a number of projects to bring education and poverty relief to East Tennessee, where she was raised.\n

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v t e Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
\n Discography \n
Studio albums	\n Just Between You and Me \n Just the Two of Us \n Always, Always \n Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca \n Once More \n Two of a Kind \n The Right Combination \u2022 Burning the Midnight Oil \n Together Always \n We Found It \n Love and Music \n Porter 'n' Dolly \n Say Forever You'll Be Mine \n Porter & Dolly \n
Compilation albums	\n The Best of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton \n Just Between You and Me: The Complete Recordings, 1967\u20131976 \n
Singles	\n \"The Last Thing on My Mind\" \n \"Please Don't Stop Loving Me\" \n \"Say Forever You'll Be Mine\" \n
\n Porter Wagoner discography \n Dolly Parton albums discography \n Dolly Parton singles discography \n

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Early life and career

Music career

1967\u20131975: Country music success

1976\u20131986: Pop transition

1987\u20132005: Country and bluegrass period

2005\u20132020: Touring and holiday album

Since 2022: Rock album

Public image

Artistry

Influences

Musicianship

Other ventures

Songwriting

Stage musicals

9 to 5: The Musical

Dolly: An Original Musical

The Dollywood Company

Production work

Acting career

Acting breakthrough

Continued roles

Since 2010

Personal life

Family

Faith

Philanthropy

LGBTQ+ rights

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Awards and honors

Hall of Fame honors

Discography

Filmography

Published works

See also

References

Bibliography

Further reading

External links

Dolly Parton

Talks

6 July, 1955