Feb. 10: Dolly Duets With Sabrina Carpenter Fresh off her Grammy wins, pop artist Sabrina Carpenter last week announced she would be releasing a deluxe version fo her album Short & Sweet on Friday featuring a collaboration with Dolly on a remix of her No. 1 hit "Please, Please, Please." Announcing it on social media, Carpenter said: "as a thank you for giving this album 2 Grammy's :') short n' sweet deluxe is now available for pre order.. and yes that does say featuring Miss Dolly Parton…. she wouldn't want me to swear but holy shit!!!!!" Dolly responded with a heart and butterfly emoji. Reserve your copy here!
'IWALY' Named Country's Best Love Song By 'Billboard' Billboard on Friday named its critics' choices for the 50 best love songs in country music history and Dolly came in at No. 26 with "Rockin' Years" with Ricky Van Shelton (a song written by her late brother, Floyd Parton) and No. 1 with her own "I Will Always Love You." See the full list here.
'Jolene' Goes Triple Platinum Overseas Dolly's single "Jolene" was certified three times platinum in the U.K. on Jan. 31 for sales and steams equivalent to 1.8 million, it was announced by BPI on Friday.
Illinois Could Get Dolly Plates A bill was introduced last week in the Illinois Senate that if passed would make the state the third, after Tennessee and Ohio, to offer specialty license plates to benefit Dolly's Imagination Library early childhood literacy program if it passed. The legislation is SB 1506.
Hospital Gift Highlighted The Union Medical Center in Dolly's mother's hometown in rural South Carolina held its ribbon cutting last week and Dolly sent a video message in recognition of her $100,000 gift to build a healing garden on the property in honor of her mother. Check out a news story here.
'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Reboot Nearing With Dolly EP Buffy The Vampire Slayer fans went crazy earlier last week upon news that the series was nearing closure on a deal with Hulu to order a reboot pilot starring and executive produced by lead Sarah Michelle Gellar. Variety shared the exclusive report here, which also noted Dolly has signed on to executive produce for Sandollar Films. The company she owned with her late manager Sandy Gallin produced the original film and co-produced the original TV show, but Gallin was the listed executive producer instead of Dolly. Now that he is deceased, she will take on that role.
Dolly Costume Exhibit Opens At Resort Dollywood may be temporarily closed until the new season starts but the park's Heartsong Lodge & Resort is hosting an exhibit of pieces from Dolly's wardrobe now through March 12. The curated collection is displayed in the Acoustic Lounge and is open to resort guests. Items include outfits from Dolly's 2021 appearance on Grace & Frankie, her 2002 Halo & Horns tour, her 1970 cover of The Fairest of Them All and other items from her archives selected by Dolly's niece and Director of Archive Services, Rebecca Seaver. The exhibit is open to all resort hotel, dining, merchandise, or spa patrons daily and is accessible Thursday nights for Tennessee residents and Dollywood season passholders without a stay or additional purchase. Operating hours are 10 a.m. to noon and 5-8 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon and 5-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Seattle Men's Chorus Plans Dolly Shows The Seattle Men's Chorus in April will debut a new tribute show about Dolly and her music which they will perform April 6 in Seattle, April 13 in Bellingham, May 3 in Tacoma, and May 18 in Everett. Read more about it from Broadway Worldhere.
Dolly Sends Wishes To High School '9 To 5'-ers Dolly sent video greetings to the actors at Elkhart High School appearing in a production next month of her 9 To 5: The Musical. Learn more from WNDU here.
Family Album Remains No. 1 In Minor U.K. Chart Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables retains its No. 1 position for a second consecutive week on the British country compilation albums chart, it was revealed Friday. The project falls off the overall album sales tally, down from No. 100, physical album sales, down from No,. 94, and Americana albums, down from No. 22. Elsewhere on the compilations list, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 regains three to No. 2, Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection inches up one to No. 5, and top 20 re-entries are seen for Dolly's The Monument Singles at No. 6, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe at No. 20, and Original Album Series by Linda Ronstadt at No. 18. Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, slips two to No. 8 country albums while Beyonce's Cowboy Carter sees an uptick following its Grammy wins, gaining three to No. 4 country and eight to No. 1 Americana while re-entering pop at No. 59, Scottish at No. 85, streaming at No. 64, sales at No. 71 and downloads at No. 20.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 7 country, while Cowboy Carter gains 17 to No. 14 Australian country albums. Malone's album re-enters the top 50 Australian pop albums at No. 47.
In the U.S., Dolly's Little Sparrow re-enters the bluegrass albums chart at No. 14 on the Feb. 9 Billboard charts released Tuesday. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion drops two to No. 20 Top 200 albums, losing one to No. 4 country albums and No. 13 Canadian albums, and falling back off the top 50 current albums list, down from No. 49. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, which won't see its post-Grammy bump on the U.S. charts until later this week, falls back out of the Top 200 albums, down from No. 179, losing seven to No. 37 country albums and two to No. 14 Americana/folk albums.
Feb. 3: Jimmy Carter Beats Dolly For Grammy Dolly on Sunday lost the Grammy for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for the audio book of Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones to the late former President Jimmy Carter for a collection of Sunday School lessons. Other nominees were The Beatles, George Clinton, and Barbra Steisand. The win marked Carter's fourth Grammy for spoken word recording. It marked Dolly's first nomination in the category, expanding her number of genres to 10. However, Beyonce's first-time nominations in the country and Americana genres took her out of a tie with Dolly for the female artist with the most nominations in different genres to 11. Their previous three-way-tie-holder Janet Jackson fell to third place with nine genres. Beyonce was the night's big winner, with her album Cowboy Carter, on which Dolly provides two voice-overs plus wrote the classic "Jolene" which is covered on the project, won Album of the Year as well as Country Album of the Year. In addition, she won Country Duo/Group Performance with Dolly's goddaughter Miley Cyrus for "II Most Wanted."
Dolly Musical, Dolly U Announced At Belmont
Dolly on Tuesday officially announced the dates and details of what she had previously revealed months ago: that her bio-musical Dolly: An Original Musical will debut in Nashville for a test run this summer prior to next year's move to Broadway. In an appearance at Belmont University here or in the media player above, she revealed tickets went on sale Tuesday for the four-week engagement which includes a world premiere preview Friday, July 18, continuing through Aug. 7, with the official opening night occurring Aug. 8. The run ends Aug. 17. She said her favorite song from the show was "I Wouldn't Be Here If You Hadn't Been There," about those who elevated her to where she is today and which she said she would be releasing as a single, and director Bartlett Sher said his was "God, Sex, and Music," which he said encapsulated Dolly herself and her contradictions. The show also served as the first project for Dolly U, a new partnership Dolly has created with Belmont to provide immersive educational experiences for students with the performing arts, working on all aspects of production. Tickets are available here. The show is still casting, with 126 video submission slots for members of the Actors Equity union eligible to submit to casting directors Carrie Gardner and Jason Thinger, by Feb. 14 for the three Dollys, Porter Wagoner, Carl Dean/Johnny Cash, young Judy Ogle, adult Judy, and Sandy Gallin.
'DNA' Debuts Overseas Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables must have shipped all of its U.K. sales last week because it debuted on the British charts much higher than it did in the U.S. The collection pops in at No. 100 overall album sales (includes downloads), No, 94 physical album sales, No. 22 Americana albums and No. 1 U.K. country compilation albums. Stateside, on the other hand, the album never sold enough in one week to appear on any all-genre sales charts and only appeared on the bluegrass albums list, one that only takes sales of a few hundred copies to enter the top 10. Elsewhere in Britain, Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, slips three to No. 6 country albums while Beyonce's Cowboy Carterloses two to No. 7 U.K. country albums and five to No. 9 Americana albums. On the country compilation albums list, in addition to Dolly's family album, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 drops two to No. 5 and Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection inches down one to No. 6, while Original Album Series by Linda Ronstadt falls back out of the top 20, down from No. 20.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion loses two to No. 7 country, while Cowboy Carter slips three to No. 31 Australian country albums. Malone's drops out of the top 50 Australian pop albums, down from No. 49.
In the U.S., Post Malone's F 1 Trillion drops two to No. 18 Top 200 albums on the Feb. 2 Billboard charts released Tuesday, remaining steady at No. 3 country albums, losing one to No. 12 Canadian albums, and re-entering the top 50 current albums list at No. 49. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, loses 21 to No. 179 Top 200 albums, holding steady at No. 30 country albums, and gaining one to No. 12 Americana/folk albums.
