New Dolly music hit on Friday. As her management had promised, the first two tracks from this fall's family project Smoky Mountain DNA dropped for downloads and streaming, although the promised full-album track listing and pre-order starts that had been announced as coming the same day were missing. Get "The Orchard" with niece Jada Star here or stream via YouTube here or in the media player above, and get "Tell Me That You Love Me" with cousin Richie Owens here or stream via YouTube here or in the media player below. Also on Friday, the full tribute album Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty hit stores containing the Dolly performance of his "Southern Accents".
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Dolly and Natalie Grant may be nearing the end of their trek up the Adult Contemporary Chart, as the early information Dollymania.net has obtained shows it won't be any higher in the new charts coming out from Billboard on Tuesday, indicating either it will remain steady or start dropping on the tally. As was exclusively reported here last week before the June 22 charts were updated, their duet "Step By Step" climbed five spots to No. 18 in its fourth week on the Adult Contemporary chart to become Dolly's 16th career top 20 AC single. Elsewhere on the charts last week:
Dolly's duet with Zach Williams on "Lookin' For You" gains two to No. 30 in its 10th week on the Christian airplay chart.
In its 11th week, Beyonce's Cowboy Carter dips one to No. 7 country albums and remains steady at No. 5 Americana/folk albums. The set loses 12 to No. 30 top 200 albums, seven to No. 30 streaming albums, 11 to No. 45 Canadian albums, and 19 to No. 37 current album sales. The set drops back off the top album sales chart, down from No. 20. The project will likely remain around No. 30 in this week's Top 200 albums chart coming out Tuesday, given Hits Daily Double estimates 19,000 credits for the week consisting of about 1,500 sales and 17,500 streaming equivalents in its 12th week.
Across the pond, Beyonce drops 21 to No. 94 all-genre albums, 11 to No. 91 streaming albums, and three to No. 4 country, remaining steady at No. 3 Americana. It falls off Scottish albums, down from No. 83; downloads, down from No. 84; physical sales, down from No. 63; and album sales, down from No. 61.
Elsewhere on the British charts, "Islands In The Stream" with Kenny Rogers falls back off the top 100 downloads chart, down from No. 93. And on the country compilations albums tally, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 regains the top spot by rising one to No. 1, while Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost On The Canvas Sessions featuring a new Dolly duet with the late Campbell, loses three to No. 8, Dolly's Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection rises two to No. 4, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe slips three to No. 10, and the Original Album Series sees Linda Ronstadt's volume fall back off the top 20, down from No. 14, while Emmylou Harris's first volume re-enters the top 20 at No. 16.
Dolly Appears On Netflix Cowboys Cheer Series Netflix last week premiered its new series America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, and Dolly shows up on Episode 6 for her Thanksgiving halftime performance. Her song "Here I Am" also makes an appearance in an earlier episode.
CNN Checks Out Dolly Party CNN visited Knoxville recently for its annual Dolly festival and the Great Smoky Mountains synchronous fireflies. Check out the piece here.
June 17: 'Step By Step' Climbing AC, Other Chart Updates Dolly and Natalie Grant continue to inch up the Adult Contemporary chart rung by rung with their collaboration "Step By Step." Billboard magazine appeared to have mistakenly released its position for this week early over the weekend, suggesting the track will rise five spots in the June 22 numbers to be published on Tuesday to hit No. 18 on the Adult Contemporary chart and mark Dolly's 16th top 20 AC single. The track gains three to No. 23 in Billboard's June 15 numbers released last Tuesday. Elsewhere on the charts last week:
Her Beyonce collaboration "Tyrant" falls back off the Top R&B Songs chart, down from No. 24 in it eighth week.
Dolly's duet with Zach Williams on "Lookin' For You" holds steady at No. 32 in its ninth week on the Christian airplay chart.
In its 10th week, Beyonce's Cowboy Carter dips one to No. 6 country albums and No. 5 Americana/folk albums. The set remains steady at No. 18 top 200 albums but slides eight to No. 23 streaming albums and 12 to No. 34 Canadian albums, re-entering top album sales at No. 20 and gains 18 places to No. 18 current albums sales. The project will likely fall to around No. 30 in this week's Top 200 albums chart, given Hits Daily Double estimates 21,000 credits for the week consisting of about 2,000 sales and 19,000 streaming equivalents in its 11th week.
Across the pond, Beyonce drops 23 to No. 73 all-genre albums, 22 to No. 83 Scottish albums, 20 to No. 80 streaming albums, eight to No. 84 downloads, 20 to No. 63 physical sales, and 18 to No. 61 album sales. The set remains steady at No. 1 country and gains one to No. 3 Americana.
Miley Chats Dolly Relationship With Letterman Dolly's goddaughter Miley Cyrus discusses the relationship the two have – and the advice Dolly gave her which resulted in her performing at this year's Grammy Awards – in the new season of David Letterman's Netflix interview program My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. Check out a summary from Peoplehere.
Dolly Chair At Cedars-Sinai Hospital Did you know the world-famous Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has a Dolly Parton Chair in Surgical Innovation? The position, which suggests Dolly made a major gift to permanently endow a staff position, is referenced in a Beverly Press article here.
Dollywood Summer Celebration Opens Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration has started, kicking off Friday with the return of the Sweet Summer Nights Dance Party and Drone Show. The festival continues through Aug. 11 with "The Gazillion Bubble Show," The Perondi Stunt Dog Experience (through July 13) and Phat Cat Swinger (July 15-Aug. 11), Kite Sky installation, Imagination Playhouse, and special summer culinary treats.
June 10: Dolly Reveals Wine, Hotel Museum, Broadway Title
Dolly revealed several new projects during her appearance last week at CMA Fest. Watch her full appearance in the media player above.
She revealed the details on her bio-musical heading to Broadway in 2026. It will be titled Hello, I'm Dolly featuring music and lyrics by her and book (script) by her and Dolly Parton's Christmas On The Square writer Maria S. Schlatter. The show will be produced by Dolly, her manager Danny Nozell with his CTK Enterprises, and Adam Speers for ATG Production, which previously worked with her on the British version of her 9 To 5: The Musical. In a press release, Dolly said: "Hello, I'm Dolly, and I lived my whole life to see this show on stage. I've written many original songs for the show and included all your favorites in it as well. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll clap, you'll stomp, it truly is a Grand Ol' Opera. Pun and fun intended. Don't miss it!" A website dedicated to the show has been created here.
She revealed the launch of her new Dolly wines, which will begin with the release of a 2023 California chardonnay. Pre-order your bottle here. Shipments begin June 20.
She also revealed her Nashville hotel will be called Songteller after her 2020 book and will feature a Nashville museum dedicated to her life and career. She explained in the interview when she toured the building a worker had just bought her book and had brought it to the property, where Dolly stumbled upon it and decided that was a sign they should name it that. As was previously reported, the hotel is being developed with her Dollywood partners, Herschend Entertainment. A website dedicated to the property has been launched here.
Conservative Rag Trashes Dolly's Love Ultra-conservative publication The Federalist last week published a piece condemning Dolly for her acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community, calling her Christian beliefs that emulate the teachings of Christ to be a "false gospel." The hit piece resulted in thousands of fans pouncing on the magazine and numerous media outlets covering the controversy, such as MSN here. Ironically, the same publication two years ago praised Dollywood as a wholesome alternative to Disney parks, condemning Disney's "woke" ideology that promotes acceptance of LGBTQIA individuals, the same belief system they now trashed Dolly for holding, even though she was just as huge a public queer ally decades ago much less two years ago when they praised her theme park.
Dolly Gifts $1 Million To Boys & Girls Club Dolly last week announced a $1 million donation to the Boys & Girls Club of the Smoky Mountains, which will rename each of their locations in Sevier County "Dolly's Dream Centers," WVLT's Kyle Granger reported here.
Dollywood Named U.S.'s Best Theme Park Dollywood last week was named the No. 1 favorite theme park in the nation by voters at the National Amusement Park Historical Association's annual Amusement Park and Attractions Survey. The organization's average member has visited more than 100 different theme parks around the world and ridden more than 300 roller coasters. Disney World and its four separate parks made the No. 2 list, followed by California's Disneyland in third place. The park's Big Bear Mountain roller coaster was voted the best new attraction added last year at theme parks nationwide.
Imagination Library Hits Statewide Point In Kentucky Dolly's Imagination Library is now available to all zip codes in the state of Kentucky, Cincinnati's WLWT reported here.
Dolly Still On AC Chart, Re-Enters R&B Chart Dolly and Natalie Grant have scored a second week on the Adult Contemporary chart, as their collaboration "Step By Step" rises one to No. 26 in Billboard's June 8 numbers released Tuesday. Elsewhere on the charts this week:
Her Beyonce collaboration "Tyrant" re-enters the Top R&B Songs chart for an eighth week, hitting No. 24.
Dolly's duet with Zach Williams on "Lookin' For You" slips one to No. 32 in its eighth week on the Christian airplay chart.
In its ninth week, Beyonce's Cowboy Carter remains steady at No. 5 country albums and No. 4 Americana/folk albums. The set loses five to No. 18 top 200 albums, two to No. 15 streaming albums, one to No. 26 Canadian albums, four to No. 36 current album sales. The collection falls off the top 50 album sales chart, down from No. 22. The project will likely fall to around No. 20 in this week's chart, given Hits Daily Double estimates 23,000 credits for the week consisting of about 3,000 sales and 20,000 streaming equivalents in its 10th week.
Across the pond, Beyonce drops six to No. 50 all-genre albums, 16 to No. 61 Scottish albums, 11 to No. 60 streaming albums, 38 to No. 76 downloads, two to No. 4 Americana, and three to No. 43 album sales. The set remains steady at No. 1 country and rises two to No. 43 physical sales,
June 6: Dolly's CMA Fest Talk To Stream On TalkShopLive
Dolly's CMA Fest interview will stream live on TalkShopLive, it was announced this week. The event, viewable in the media player above, will take place at 10:45a-11:30a Central (11:45-12:30 Eastern) Thursday. Official merchandise will be sold during Dolly's appearance.
June 3: Dolly Praises Beyonce's 'Jolene' As 'Bold'
Dolly made her most direct comments yet on Beyonce's cover of her classic "Jolene," including her thoughts on the artist's re-writing the song's verses. "I think it was very bold of her . . . I love what she did to it," Dolly told E! in an interview available here or in the media player above. She added that of course Beyonce wouldn't beg anyone not to take her man and instead would stand up to Jolene and tell her "Shit out of here bitch, You ain't stealing my man." She also added she thought the singer had done "a great job" on her country album and that it was a great album. Asked if she would be willing to sing the song as a collaboration on The Grammys if asked, she said she would love to. "That'd be wonderful," she said.
ERA Coalition Honors '9 To 5' Cast
Although Dolly couldn't be there because she was filming concert footage with her family in Knoxville for this fall's documentary about her ethnic heritage and her upcoming album with her extended family members, she sent a video message available here or in the media player above to accept the ERA Coalition's Women's Equality Trailblazer Awards in Los Angeles last week. The evening also served as a Hollywood premiere for the documentary Still Working 9 To 5, and the documentarians were recognized as well, as seen in the video here or in the media player below.
Grant Duet Debuts On Adult Contemporary Chart Dolly is back on the official Adult Contemporary charts for the first time in a year and a half, her first time with a non-holiday song in five years, thanks to the debut of "Step By Step" with Natalie Grant at No. 27 on Billboard's June 1 tally released last Tuesday. It marks her 28th career AC-charting track, following 2022's "It's Almost Too Early For Christmas" with Jimmy Fallon. Elsewhere on the charts this week:
Several other collaborations fell off the charts last week: "Somebody's Child" with Blessing Offor dropped off the Hot Christian Songs chart after one week at No. 41, Dolly and Pitbull's "Powerful Women fell back off the top 10 digital rap songs list, down from No. 10 in its eighth week, and her Beyonce collaboration "Tyrant" fell off the Top R&B Songs chart, down from No. 25 in its seventh chart. Also, Beyonce's cover of "Jolene" falls off the country singles chart down from No. 49.
Dolly's duet with Zach Williams on "Lookin' For You" rises three to No. 31 in its seventh week on the Christian airplay chart.
In its eighth week, Beyonce's Cowboy Carter loses one to No. 5 country albums, three to No. 13 top 200 albums, three to No. 13 streaming albums, seven to No. 25 Canadian albums, 17 to No. 32 current album sales, 22 to No. 40 top album sales, and one to No. 4 Americana/folk albums. The album will likely dip to around No. 18 on this coming Tuesday's charts, preliminary sales data from Hits Daily Double indicate. The site projects the title moved 27,000 chart unit credits for the week as 2,000 sales and about 25,000 streaming equivalents in its ninth chart week.
Across the pond, Beyonce falls 12 to No. 44 all-genre albums, rises four to No. 45 Scottish albums, dips 18 to No. 49 streaming albums, loses 12 to No. 45 physical sales, drops eight to No,. 38 downloads, and declines 10 to No. 40 album sales. The set remains steady at No. 1 country and No. 2 Americana albums.
Beyonce Goes Gold Overseas Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, featuring a cover of Dolly's "Jolene" and speaking appearances by Dolly on two tracks, was certified gold in the U.K. last week, the BPI announced. Recognizing sales of more than 100,000 copies in Britain, the album was awarded the certification on Friday. It had reached the BPI's silver status for 60,000 units in April.
