Forty-one years ago Monday, Dolly's cover of Petula Clark's “Downtown” debuts on the adult contemporary singles chart; it reaches No. 36 country, No. 80 pop and No. 20 adult contemporary. Twenty-one years ago Monday, Dolly receives the Living Legend Award from the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Fifty years ago Tuesday, Porter and Dolly record “Is Forever Longer Than Always;” their only unreleased material issued to the public between their 1976 break-up and their 1980 lawsuit-settlement album, it makes it to No. 8 as a single 13 months later. Fifty-three years ago Thursday, NASA's Apollo 16 mission, the second-to-last to walk on the moon, lifts off and features a special cassette of country music recorded live exclusively for the astronauts to listen to during the trip to space, including a special performance of “Joshua” by Dolly as the first track on the collection. Forty-four years ago Friday, 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs marks its final of 10 weeks at No. 1 on the country album charts (Dolly's fourth and longest stay atop the chart); it also reaches No. 11 pop and gold status for more than 500,000 copies sold (Dolly's fifth). That same day, “But You Know That I Love You” debuts on the adult contemporary singles chart, where it would peak at No. 14; the song also becomes Dolly's 15th country No. 1 and reaches No. 41 pop. Thirty-three years ago Friday, the Straight Talk soundtrack debuts on the album charts; it reaches No. 22 country, No. 138 pop. Thirty-two years ago Saturday, Slow Dancing With The Moon is certified gold (the 11th of her gold albums) for sales in excess of 500,000 copies; it passes the million mark for platinum certification (Dolly's sixth) six months later. Sixty-six years ago Sunday, Dolly's first single, “Puppy Love,” recorded two years earlier on the independent Goldband label in Louisiana, is released; it doesn't chart. Twenty-nine years ago Sunday, I Will Always Love You And Other Greatest Hits, her Columbia best-of package and the sixth of her career, debuts on the country album charts; it peaks at No. 47.
Upcoming television appearances
(All times Eastern unless noted)
April 17, 4:06 a.m., HBO Comedy, Steel Magnolias (re-runs 1:26 a.m. April 21)
April 23, 6:45 a.m., HBO Family, Steel Magnolias (re-runs 1:44 p.m. April 27)
The RCA Sessions (1968-1976), 22-song digital collection of rare Porter & Dolly songs first released on the 2014 complete recordings boxed set, April 5
Love & Music 1973 Porter & Dolly album, digital release, March 29
We Found It 1973 Porter & Dolly album, digital release, Feb. 1
Five Classic Live Tracks Released For 50th Anniversary
Available for the first time in half a century, RCA Records last week released the first-ever digital version of 1975's In Concert: With Host Charley Pride for its 50th anniversary featuring five live Dolly performances from a television special with Pride, Chet Atkins, Ronnie Milsap, Jerry Reed, and Gary Stewart. Dolly contributes her second version of “Jolene” to be nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal (streaming from YouTube in the media player above or by clicking here), “Love Is Like A Butterfly” here, “Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms” as a duet with Milsap here, “Coat Of Many Colors” here and “The Bargain Store” here. Order your downloads of the songs from Amazon here. Also reissued recently are a digital version of Dolly's Here I Am biography to Amazon Video here, sister Rachel Dennison's 1984 major label debut Light Up The Night from Columbia Records here, and late brother Floyd Parton's The Songwriter/The Singer on family label Owepar here featuring his solo versions of “Foolin' Around,” “Rockin' Years,” and “Waltz Me To Heaven.”
Hall Of Fame Exhibit, Companion Book Coming This Summer The Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville announced last week a new exhibit, “Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker,” which opens May 20 and continues for a 16-month engagement through September 2026. In a statement, Dolly said: “Being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame was one of the greatest moments of my life, and being able to have a personal exhibit for the fans that put me there is a very big deal to me. This seeker is very proud and honored, and I hope you enjoy my journey. I will always love you.” The exhibit, which will feature an 80-page companion paperback book from the University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Country Music Foundation Press and is available for preorder here. will focus on the turning points in her life and career with many artifacts and costumes. Access is included in Museum admission but a limited number of timed tickets for the exhibit are available each day, so advance reservations are encouraged. Check out an interview with Dolly about the exhibit from The Tennesseanhere.
Dolly's Next Coffee Table Memoir Coming Nov. 11 Penguin Books has announced that the third and final installment in Dolly's trilogy of coffee table memoirs, Star Of The Show: My Life On Stage, will hit shelves Nov. 11 from its Ten Speed Press imprint. The book, available for pre-order from Amazon here, is slated at 336 pages and will also feature a Kindle version and Audible Audio Book available for pre-order here.
Joleans Jeans Debut At Good American Dolly earlier this month unveiled a new line of luxury jeans and accessory clothing called Joleans through Kim Kardashian's Good American clothing line. Check them out here.
'Harpers Bazaar' Talks Dolly Style Dolly chats about her style with the UK version of Harpers Bazaarhere.
Florida Pirate's Voyage Opens June 1 The Panama City, Fla., location of Dolly's Pirate's Voyage dinner theater has announced a June 1 opening date. Read more from The News Heraldhere.
'Here You Come Again' Heads Down Under The Dolly jukebox musical Here You Come Again has announced an Australian tour starting in July which follows a British tour and limited U.S. tour. Learn more from Aussie Theatrehere.
In Memoriam: 'Dolly' Producer/Director Dan Mischer Dan Mischer, legendary live musical television producer and director including several episodes of Dolly's 1987-88 ABC variety series, died last week at age 85. In addition to producing, he directed eight episodes of the series including the premiere show, episodes five and six, and each of the special holiday or on-location episodes regarded as the best from the season: New Orleans, Nashville, Hawaii, Christmas, and Thanksgiving at Dollywood. His obituary is available at The Hollywood Reporterhere.
Dollywood Readies Flower & Food Festival Dollywood opens its Flower & Food Festival Friday with more than 1 million blooms, fresh tastes of spring, and new entertainment offerings through June 8. In its sixth year, the festival dresses the park in elaborate floral installations including an upside-down butterfly umbrella, several animals, and a depiction of Dolly's mother sewing her Coat of Many Colors. In a statement, Dolly said: “If there's one thing I know about the Smokies, it's that God does some of his best handiwork this time of year. It's like the mountains come back to life in the spring with all of His beautiful creations blooming around us. Our hosts here at Dollywood put so much effort into making the park as beautiful as the natural beauty you see throughout the hills around us. You know we won the Golden Ticket Award last year for the Most Beautiful Park in the world, and when you come experience the Smoky Mountains this time of year, I think you can understand why we won it!” The festival tasting pass features the Salad of Many Colors, loaded street fries, pesto caprese panini, Smoky Mountain grilled corn, blueberry pie milkshake, and wild berry cream cheese funnel cake. The formerly summer-festival-only Imagination Playhouse returns April 19 as a permanent fixture with Dolly's musical adaptations of Imagination Library books and a 40th anniversary season retrospective “Play On” opens May 3 with excerpts from various entertainment shows at the park throughout its history. The bio-musical “From The Heart: The Life & Music Of Dolly Parton” continues through June 6 and Heidi Parton's Kin & Friends Show also continues. The Umbrella Sky returns above Showstreet, and entertainers Lauren Jelencovich (April 18-May 18), Wilder Flower (May 19-June 1), and Robinella (June 2-8) will perform.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Dolly remains the queen of the British country compilation albums chart as her Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 remains at No. 1 in its amazing 354th week on the tally. Her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection slips three to No. 8, Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables gains two to No. 15, and Original Album Series by Emmylou Harris featuring Dolly appearances falls back out of the top 20, down from No. 16, while The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe re-enters the top 20 at No. 20. Elsewhere on the U.K. charts, Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, with its Dolly duet, gains two to No. 2 pop, three to No. 7 Scottish albums, two to No. 9 album sales, 2 to No. 8 physical album sales, and 17 to No. 28 downloads, remaining steady at No. 1 streaming albums. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with its Dolly duet, falls off the top 100 downloads, down from No. 58, and loses one to No. 3 country albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with its Dolly appearances, remains steady at No. 7 British country albums and No. 7 Americana albums.
Down Under, Carpenter holds steady at No. 2 pop albums, Malone gains one to No. 7 Australian country albums, Beyonce loses two to No. 34 country albums, and The Wiggles' Wiggle Up, Giddy Up, with two Dolly duets and two Dolly covers, gains four to No. 35 country albums.
Back in the U.S., the April 12 Billboard numbers show Carpenter down one to No. 7 pop albums, up one to No. 6 sales, down two to No. 9 streaming, down one to No. 6 Canadian albums, and up one to No. 7 current albums. Malone loses seven to No. 27 pop albums and three to No. 25 streaming albums, gaining one to No. 22 Canadian albums and remaining steady at No. 3 country albums. Beyonce loses two to No. 38 country albums and three to No. 16 Americana albums.
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Past news
March 24: Carl's Tribute Song Hits U.S. Charts
"If You Hadn't Been There", Dolly's single from her upcoming stage bio-musical released as a single in memory of her husband Carl's passing, debuted Tuesday on the March 22 Billboard charts. With 5,400 copies sold in its first week, it becomes Dolly's first-ever No. 1 on country digital singles sales and her highest-charting single on the all-genre digital sales list, coming in at No. 3. It didn't receive enough streams to enter the stream-heavy Hot Country Songs tally or all-genre Hot 100 pop singles chart. (The song would chart only one week.) Overseas, the track falls off the charts after one week at No. 21 U.K. singles sales and U.K. singles downloads. Stream the tribute on YouTube here or in the media player above and download from Amazon here.
Your Dollymania coverage of the 2025 opening of Dollywood for its 40th season continues tonight with two galleries of photographs from Dolly's media appearance that have been posted here. In addition, video of a super-excited 8-year-old fan seeing Dolly in her parade through the park that weekend has gone viral, especially with Dolly's reaction to seeing his reaction to her. It has been viewed several million times on TikTok here or in the media player above and has been featured in numerous online articles and several television news programs over the past week. Image copyright (c) 2025 T. Duane Gordon/Dollymania.net. All rights reserved.
Opry Celebrates 100 Years, Honors Dolly
The Grand Ole Opry Wednesday night celebrated its 100th birthday on NBC, and unlike most anniversaries over the past 56 years that Dolly has been a member, she was not present. Carly Pearce sang "Jolene" in her honor after expressing her prayers for Dolly, who is still coping with the recent death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean. Toward the end of the program, Dolly appeared via video to say: "Well hello, I am Dolly Parton and I am a proud member of the Grand Ole Opry. And I am so sorry that I can't be there with everybody in person, but of course you know my heart is with you and my spirit is with you." While not directly addressing Carl by name, host Reba then closed the show with the following dedication to Dolly: "It's been a great night of celebration, but of course, it's just not the same without you. Dolly, everybody here at the Opry and around the world wants to send you our thoughts and prayers. And you gotta know, we will always love you." The entire cast then joined in singing "I Will Always Love You" to end the evening instead of the traditional Opry celebration closer, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." Afterward, Dolly released a statement on her Facebook Story reading: ""I have not stopped crying over the beautiful tribute of 'I Will Always Love You' on the 100th Anniversary of the Grand Ole Opry show. All those beautiful people with all their beautiful voices singing my song as a tribute to my husband Carl…the emotion was beyond words. I have cried enough to wash a great deal of the pain away so thanks to all of you beautiful people that helped make that possible. I also will always love you." Watch an excerpt from the performance that aired the next morning on Todayhere or in the media player above.
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Dolly's 'Threads' Premieres In Nashville Thursday night, Dolly was the subject of tribute once again with the world premiere of her Threads: My Songs In Symphony debuting at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Dolly was present to watch the performance, giving it a standing ovation, and addressed the crowd briefly from the stage. Read about the evening from The Tennesseanhere.
Bates Wants Dolly On 'Matlock' Season Two The cast of the CBS series Matlock hosted a panel discussion over the weekend at PaleyFest and teased ideas for the second season now that it has been renewed. Star Kathy Bates revealed there is only one guest star she wants to recruit: Dolly as her often-mentioned best friend Cindy Shapiro, who is credited as the source for several Dollyism-like quotes such as "When you got money, you can wallow. Without it, you got to swallow." There was no announcement that the part has officially been offered to Dolly, but the audience reacted to the idea with "thunderous applause," according to Gold Derbyhere.
'Austin City Limits' Anniversary Show Features Dolly Austin City Limits has announced a two-hour special honoring its 50th anniversary will air on most PBS stations at 8 p.m. Eastern April 4 featuring "appearances by Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton," most likely in videotaped interview segments as they do not perform in the new concert footage for the special that will feature new performances by Chris Stapleton, Gary Clark Jr., Billy Strings, Leon Bridges, Lyle Lovett, Shawn Colvin, Indigo Girls, Brandy Clark, Cam, Rufus Wainwright, The Mavericks, Ángela Aguilar, Eve Monsees & Sierra Hull plus new interviews and clips from past shows over the half-century of broadcasts.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Elsewhere on the U.S. charts, Sabrina Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, with its Dolly duet, slips one to No. 6 pop, two to No. 7 album sales, current album sales, and steady and one to No. 4 Canadian. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with its Dolly duet, regains three to No. 21 Top 200 albums, holding steady at No. 3 country albums, hitting No. 21 streaming, and losing two to No. 17 Canadian albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with its Dolly appearances, rebounds four to No. 32 country albums, dipping one to No. 14 Americana/folk albums, and re-entering the Top 200 at No. 197.
Down Under, The Wiggles' country album with two Dolly collaborations and two additional Dolly covers falls out of the top 40 pop albums, down from No. 40, and loses 17 to No. 20 Australian country albums in its second week. Carpenter rises two to No. 2 pop albums, while Post Malone's F 1 Trillion gains two to No. 5 country and No. 18 pop, while Cowboy Carter inches down one to No. 35 Australian country albums.
March 17: Dolly Opens Park's 40th Season, Remembers Carl
Dolly visited Dollywood over the weekend to open its 40th season, in her first public appearance since her husband of almost 60 years, Carl Dean, passed away at age 82 March 3. At an event Friday in the park's newly-renovated Celebrity Theater she thanked fans for their messages of support and condolence, welcomed them to the park's 40th season, reflected on its history, and she and the park's president teased the park's largest-ever attraction coming in 2026.
"Before I start all that I just wanted to take a minute to thank all of you for all the flowers and cards and the well-wishes for losing Carl," Dolly told the crowd immediately after taking the stage and welcoming them to the park. "You know, I loved him. And he would want me to be working today. I expect to be working. So anyway I just wanted you to know that, of course, I will always love him, and I'll miss him. But I just wanted you to know that I will always love you."
Dolly also noted it's the 30th anniversary of her Imagination Library, 25th anniversary of Splash Country, and 10th anniversary of the park's DreamMore Resort. She took questions from the media, closing the media event singing live and accompanying herself on the guitar for the park's 25th season theme song, "Celebrate The Dreamer In You."
The day ended with a park tour in an open top car and an appearance at her niece Heidi's show. It was the largest crowd ever for preview day, with the parking lot filling to capacity and closing for the first time ever on preview day (with cars directed to park at Patriot Park instead to take the city trolley to Dollywood). While Dolly was on park Saturday as well, weather canceled her appearances including a planned park tour that afternoon.
Watch a Dollymania Presents news video of the media appearance and parade on YouTube here or in the media player above and look for additional coverage including photo galleries over coming weeks.
Dolly noted she will return to the park for an appearance in May for the park's actual anniversary, since it opened May 3, 1986, so a new retrospective show of past park entertainment, "Play On," will debut on May 3 this year.
The I Will Always Love You Festival continues through April 13 featuring the return of "Sing-a-Long With Dolly" and "Trio, Again featuring Three Times A Lady." Also performing through both this festival and April 18-June 8's Flower and Food Festival is the Dolly bio-musical "From The Heart: The Life and Music of Dolly Parton." Later this spring the Wilderness Pass Restaurant will open as will a new 750-space parking lot to help alleviate the two dozen instances last season when the parking lot reached capacity and closed. Smoky Mountain Summer with the "Gazillion Bubble Show: Evolution" and "Chris Perondi's Stunt Dog Experience" returning runs June 14-Aug. 3, while Harvest Festival with Great Pumpkin LumiNights runs Sept. 12-Oct. 27. The season wraps up Nov. 1-Jan. 4 with Smoky Mountain Christmas.
Additional coverage includes WATE here, here and here; WVLT here and here, The Knoxville News Sentinelhere, Paradehere, and interviews from WJHL here, Knoxville News-Sentinelhere, WHNT here, and The Tennesseanhere.
The park's official live feed of the event is available on social media here or in the media player below
'Coat' Goes Silver In U.K. Dolly's 1971 single "Coat Of Many Colors" has reached digital silver award status from the BPI for selling downloads and experiencing streams equivalent to having sold 200,000 units. The certification was awarded on Feb. 28.
Carl's Song Makes British Charts We're still a day away from seeing if Dolly's new single "If You Hadn't Been There" from her upcoming Broadway musical released earlier this month in memory of her husband debut on the U.S. charts, but it already showed up on the British tallies on Friday. The track debuts at No. 21 on both the U.K. all-genre sales chart and downloads chart but doesn't have enough streams to break the top 100 overall pop singles tally across the pond. Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, featuring its Dolly duet, slides one to No. 2 on the pop charts, one to No. 9 Scottish, and one to No. 11 physical sales, holding steady at No. 1 streaming and gaining two to No. 14 downloads and one to No. 11 sales. Elsewhere across the pond, Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, holds steady at No. 2 country albums and. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, featuring Dolly appearances, rises one to No. 5 country and No. 4 Americana. On the country compilations albums chart, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 holds steady at No. 2, Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection slips two to No. 7, Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables rises one to No. 10 in its seventh chart week, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe falls out of the top 20, down from No. 17, Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost On The Canvas Sessions with a Dolly collaboration declines four to No. 20, and Original Album Series by Linda Ronstadt featuring Dolly appearances increases four to No. 16 while the volume by Emmylou Harris also featuring Dolly appearances inches up one to No. 14.
Down Under, The Wiggles' country album with two Dolly collaborations and two additional Dolly covers gets attention. The collection, which also features Orville Peck and others, debuts at No. 3 country and No. 40 pop in Australia. The children's band spoke with Rolling Stone Australia about the project and working with Dolly here. Carpenter's loses one to No. 4 pop albums, while Post Malone's F 1 Trillion dips one to No. 7 country and Cowboy Carter drops three to No. 34 Australian country albums.
In the U.S., Carpenter's Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition holds steady at No. 5 pop, falling two to No. 5 album sales and current album sales, holding steady at No. 6 streaming and No. 3 Canadian. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion loses two to No. 24 Top 200 albums, holding steady at No. 3 country albums and improving one to No. 15 Canadian albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter drops 12 to No. 36 country albums, one to No. 13 Americana/folk albums, and off the Top 200 and current sales lists, down from No. 128,and to No. 50.
Dolly Home Goods Sold $7 MM Lifetime Brands held its fourth quarter profit and outlook conference call last week, Morningstar reported here, and the brand revealed Dolly's home goods they produce saw $7 million in sales last year, with the company on pace to complete its phase one development with Dolly in the first quarter of this year. In related news, Dollar General unveiled a new season of products from her home goods line in their stores and Parade Home & Garden reported on it here.
NPR Highlights Dolly In Music History NPR has been celebrating Women's History Month with 100 years, 100 moments of women's music history and chose Dolly to represent 1973 for the recording of "I Will Always Love You" as her ballad to leave Porter Wagoner's show and strike out on her own. Read more here.
March 10: Full Wiggles Country Album Released
With Dolly's single from her upcoming Broadway musical being released Friday in memory of her late husband (and reaching No. 1 on the all-genre sales chart at iTunes), the release of the full-length Wiggles country album, Wiggle Up, Giddy Up, was overshadowed. The album contains a second duet with Dolly that had been removed from her own children's album as well as a second Dolly cover (previously released was their collaboration "Friends" and a re-working of "9 To 5" as "Counting 1 To 5"). The full CD includes their collaboration "We Will Always Be Friends," streamable on YouTube here and in the media player above, and a cover of "Love Is Like A Butterfly," streamable on YouTube here or in the media player below. Purchase the album from Amazon here.
'Please, Please, Please' Falls Off Country Chart After one week as Dolly's 113th chart country single and 76th top 20 hit, her collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on "Please, Please, Please" this week falls off the country singles chart, down from No. 17, the March 8 Billboard numbers released Tuesday showed. The deluxe album, Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, containing the re-recorded track slips three to No. 5 pop, two to No. 3 album sales and current album sales, two to No. 6 streaming, and one to No. 3 Canadian. Elsewhere on the charts:
In the U.S., Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with a Dolly duet, falls three to No. 22 Top 200 albums, holding steady at No. 3 country albums and No. 16 Canadian albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter drops nine to No. 24 country albums, one to No. 12 Americana/folk albums, 46 on the Top 200 to No. 128, and 12 to No. 50 current sales.
On the British charts, Carpenter's album regains two to No. 1 on the pop charts, one to No. 1 streaming, and three to No. 16 downloads, losing four to No. 8 Scottish, eight to No. 12 sales, and six to No. 10 physical sales. Elsewhere across the pond, Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, holds steady at No. 2 country albums and falls off downloads and streaming, down from No. 99 and No. 92, respectively. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter drops three to No. 6 country and five to No. 5 Americana. On the country compilations albums chart, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 holds steady at No. 2, Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection loses one to No. 5, Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables regains three to No. 11 in its sixth chart week, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe loses 10 to No. 17, Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost On The Canvas Sessions with a Dolly collaboration re-enters the top 20 at No. 16, and Original Album Series by Linda Ronstadt featuring Dolly appearances holds steady at No. 20 while the volume by Emmylou Harris also featuring Dolly appearances re-enters the top 20 at No. 15.
Down Under, Carpenter's loses one to No. 3 pop albums, while Post Malone's F 1 Trillion dips two to No. 6 country and Cowboy Carter drops two to No. 31 Australian country albums.
March 8: Dolly Honors Carl With Song
Dolly on Friday paid public tribute to her late husband, Carl, by releasing the single "If You Hadn't Been There" in his memory. The song, which she wrote a few years ago inspired by her Uncle Bill Owens, Porter Wagoner, Fred Foster, Carl, and others who helped her along the way, is to be featured in her Broadway musical Dolly: An Original Musical. When she announced the Nashville premiere a few weeks ago, she had said the song was coming soon as a single but a release date was never announced until it was decided to use it to honor Carl, who passed away Monday. Stream the tribute on YouTube here or in the media player above and download from Amazon here.
In releasing the song, Dolly shared on social media: "I fell in love with Carl Dean when I was 18 years old. We have spent 60 precious and meaningful years together. Like all great love stories, they never end. They live on in memory and song. He will always be the star of my life story, and I dedicate this song to him."
The release came one day after Dolly issued a statement on social media: "This is a love note to family, friends, and fans. Thank you for all the messages, cards, and flowers that you've sent to pay your respects for the loss of my beloved husband Carl. I can't reach out personally to each of you but just know it has meant the world to me. He is in God's arms now and I am okay with that. I will always love you. – Dolly"
Dollywood Media Event For Diamonds Only Dollywood on Friday revealed that this year's media event on preview day will be limited to invited longestime Diamond season passholders only, which suggests they have a huge crowd of media, VIP guests, and Dolly's family members scheduled to fill the theater next Friday morning to open the park for its 40th season since there are so few seats available for passholders that they can't even open up registration for all current Diamond passholders. It has yet to be announced whether Dolly will be in attendance. She had been scheduled to participate in the media event, but the passing of her husband on Monday could impact that. A park spokesperson told The Knoxville News-Sentinel earlier in the week that she will decide on her own how she will be involved in the season opening. Diamond passholders who have kept them since inception of the pass level will be invited to the event via email over coming days, and Diamond passholders who are not invited may stand in a stand-by line at the Celebrity Theater the day of the event for any seats invited passholders don't take. In addition, the first 5,000 passholders in attendance will receive the first of five collectors' stickers being released at various events throughout the year for the 40th anniversary.
March 3: UPDATE -- In Memoriam: Carl Dean, Dolly's Husband Passes At 82
Carl Thomas Dean, longtime private husband to Dolly, died Monday, March 3, at age 82, three months shy of their 59th wedding anniversary. The couple had been together nearly 61 years. He was survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie. Our prayers from Dolly's fans are with her and their family at this time. May he rest in peace.
The two famously met outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat in Nashville shortly after Dolly moved to town to pursue a career in music. Their first official date a few days later was dinner at Carl's parents' house where he proclaimed she was the girl he was going to marry.
They dated for two years before marrying on May 30, 1966, across the state line in Ringgold, Ga., to keep it out of the Tennessee papers since her record label at the time had asked her not to marry. They kept their marriage secret for a year until she had her first hits under her belt and her label told her they could marry.
She wrote several songs about him and for him over their marriage, including "From Here To The Moon and Back" as discussed in the media player above, even attributing her recent rock album to his love of rock and roll.
However, he remained out of the spotlight. He attended her first awards ceremony, where she and her Uncle Bill Owens were honored for writing the top 10 Bill Phillips hit "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," but she said he had such a bad time he asked to never be invited to any music industry events ever again in the future. He remained at home when she toured or made movies, and he worked a regular job as an asphalt paver.
In recent years, he had been in ill health and that influenced Dolly's decisions to retire from touring and to build an entertainment studio in Nashville in partnership with her management for recording TV specials, interview remotes, and albums closer to home to avoid having to leave him for lengthy periods of time.
The passing was announced on Dolly's official social media with a notation that he will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending and a request from the family for privacy during this difficult time.
In the statement, Dolly said: "Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy."
No word has been released on whether the passing will imapct her regular annual appearance at Dollywood's season opening festivities.
'Please, Please, Please' Enters Country Top 20
Dolly's collaboration with Sabrina Carpenter on her former pop No. 1 "Please, Please, Please" has brought Dolly her 113th chart country single and amazing 76th top 20 country hit as the duet debuts at No. 17 on the March 1 Billboard Hot Country Songs chart thanks to 6.3 million streams and 2,000 paid downloads in its first week of availability. The song returned to several other charts under Carpenters' name only, presumably because more than 50 percent of the streams/sales of were her original from the reissued deluxe version of the album rather than its bonus cut with Dolly (as the song also climbs 21 spots to No. 25 pop on the Hot 100 and No. 13 digital song sales without Dolly listed). The deluxe album, Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition, propels the album back to No. 2 pop, No. 1 album sales and current album sales, No. 4 streaming, No. 2 Canadian, and No. 1 vinyl. Billboard notes here that Dolly extends her record for the most decades with a top 20 entry on the country charts with seven from her first in 1967 through this year earning eight in the '60s, 34 in the '70s, 27 in the '80s, three in the '90s, one each in the 2000s and '10s, and now two in the '20s. Next week, Carpenter's album will dip three on the pop albums tally to No. 5. Elsewhere on the charts:
In the U.S., Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with a Dolly duet, slips two to No. 19 Top 200 albums, two to No. 16 Canadian albums, and four current albums list to No. 46, holding steady at No. 3 country albums. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter falls 10 to No. 15 country albums, nine to No. 11 Americana/folk albums, 50 on the Top 200 to No. 82, and 14 to No. 38 current sales, falling off the overall sales top 50, down from No. 36.
On the British charts, Carpetner's album falls two to No. 3 on the pop charts, holding steady at No. 2 streaming and losing two to No. 4 Scottish, two to No. 4 sales, 11 to No. 19 downloads, and two to No. 4 physical sales. Elsewhere across the pond, Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, rises three to No. 2 country albums, loses two to No. 99 downloads, and re-enters streaming at No. 92, while Beyonce's Cowboy Carter slides one to No. 3 country, holding steady at No. 1 Americana, and falling out of the top 100 streaming and downloads, down from No. 95 and No. 87, respectively. On the country compilations albums chart, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 inches down one to No. 2, Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection loses one to No. 5, Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables falls four to No. 14 in its fifth chart week, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe rises one to No. 7, and Original Album Series by Linda Ronstadt re-enters the top 20 at No. 20.
Down Under, Carpenter's loses one to No. 2 pop albums, while Post Malone's F 1 Trillion rises one to No. 4 country and Cowboy Carter loses six to No. 29 Australian country albums.
Dolly's 'CMT Crossroads' Released To Paramount+ Paramount+ last week released more than 100 episodes of MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers and CMT Crossroads to its streaming service including 2003's episode of the CMT mash-up series featuring Dolly with lesbian rock icon Melissa Etheridge.
Dollywood Readies 40th Season Opening We're less than two weeks away from Dolly's theme park opening for its 40th season, and she has plenty of surprises in store. Preview day is March 14 and public opening day is March 15, and leading up to those dates more than 100 off-season construction projects are wrapping up. In addition to Dollywood's birthday, their Splash Country water park celebrates its 25th season, DreamMore Resort and Spa 10th season, HeartSongs Lodge and Resort its second season and Dolly's Imagination Library early childhood literacy program its 30th anniversary as it approaches 265 million books distributed. A new Wilderness Pass Restaurant and 750-space parking lot will open later this spring, Country Fair and The Village are being refreshed with a new splash pad coming to the former and reimagining of the Heartsong Theater into Imagination Playhouse permanently (with the Heartsong movie being remastered and moving to the Dreamsong Theater that houses Heidi Parton's Kin & Friends show). The new theater's offerings of Dolly musical adaptations of her Imagination Library stories will host performances March through September plus new story time and character meet-and-greets during the Summer Celebration. A 40th anniversary retrospective show, "Play On," will debut May 3 with songs and scenes from past iconic shows at the park, and "From The Heart: The Life and Music of Dolly Parton" will return after earning the Golden Ticket for Best New Show. The drones return for the Summer Celebration with a new show as well as the return of the "Gazillion Bubble Show": and "Chris Perondi's Stunt Dog Experience." Things start with the I Will Always Love You Music Festival March 15-April 13, Flower and Food Fesitval April 18-June 8, Summer Celebration June 14-Aug. 3, Harvest Festival with Great Pumpkin LumiNights Sept. 12-Oct. 27, and Smoky Mountain Christmas Nov. 1-Jan. 4.
Coverage includes WCYBhere and in the media player below, WLOS here, WVLT here, WJHL here and The Knoxville News-Sentinelhere and here.
Feb. 24: Dolly's First Collab With The Wiggles Released
Australian children's performers The Wiggles on Thursday released a double Dolly single with one song being one of her two contributions to their upcoming country album, Wiggle Up, Giddy Up, and a re-worked cover of one of her most famous songs. In a press release, Dolly observed: "Well, I just wiggled my way out into the Wiggles' world! I had so much fun being a part of this project, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we have." The band released "Friends" with Dolly, available for streaming on YouTube here or in the media player above and available for download from Amazon here, and "Counting 1 to 5," a Wiggles cover of "9 To 5" re-written into a counting lesson, available on YouTube here or in the media player below. The band announced it will release its other collaboration with Dolly from the album, "We Will Always Be Friends," as a single the day the full CD is released, March 7. No word on whether it will also be a double Dolly single, as they also include a cover of "Love Is Like A Butterfly" on the album as well. Both "Friends" and "We Will Always Be Friends" are songs Dolly wrote about 20 years ago for adaptations of Imagination Library books for Dollywood's Imagination Playhouse Theater. Both songs appeared on the first edition of her children's album I Believe In You which had been sold exclusively to staff and volunteers of the book program in 2015, but both songs were removed from the final commercial version of the album released to stores two years later.
New Frozen Meals, Dessert Coming A new line of individual frozen meals from Dolly's food deal with Conagra and a third family-sized frozen dessert were revealed by the food giant at last week's Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference. While no date for shelving this year is yet to be revealed, officials from the company announced the chicken and dumplings, beef pot roast, shrimp and grits, and country fried steak will be hitting freezers at groceries nationwide as will a biscuit dough peach cobbler, which will join her cheesecake and chocolate pie. Click on the image at left from Conagra's presentation for a better look.
Imagination Library Becomes Political Fodder In Indiana Dolly's early childhood literacy program has been dragged into partisan politics yet again. Two years ago, Indiana became one of the now 21 states to invest tax dollars into the program to make it available statewide to all children as a key component of their comprehensive education strategy because research has shown it to be perhaps the single most cost-effective and impactful reading program available today, having been documented to dramatically raise incoming literacy levels of participating children and maintaining those gains through elementary school.
When the state allocated $2 million for the first year and $4 million for the second year at the urging of Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, he said at the time: "I learned from a very young age that reading is the key to education and opportunity. The ability to read can transport children to places they have never been before and open doors they never knew existed. By making Dolly Parton's Imagination Library available in every zip code, we are giving Hoosier children the tools they need for literary success." The state then went about helping each county that did not already have a privately-funded affiliate to establish one, relying on this state subsidy for half of the local share of costs.
Although the program operates in Dolly's name, she just covers its centralized administration through her Dollywood Foundation including sending regional directors to communities interested in starting the program and mentoring them in doing so, selecting the books, negotiating with the publisher, ordering the books, and mailing them. Local communities then pay just the actual book purchase and postage for the children in their community as their local share, about $24 per child annually. According to the program's most recent publicly-available tax return, the books cost about $60 million (the portion covered by local philanthropy) and administration and other programs about $5 million. The program operates across all 50 states but is statewide in 21 states where the state government has entered into a contract to provide all local communities a 50 percent match in state taxpayer funds to support the program, leaving each local affiliate to have to raise $12 per child annually instead of $24. This partnership, pioneered in Tennessee about 20 years ago, has allowed the program to expand exponentially in recent years and surpass over 260 million books distributed to over 3 million current enrollees per month in the U.S. plus Great Britain, Australia, and Canada.
Although Indiana has enjoyed multiple years of budget surplus and currently has a $2.5 billion reserve fund, new Republican Gov. Mike Braun decided the program was unnecessary and cut it from his budget. Democrats and some Republicans tried to restore it to the two-year budget, but the Republican supermajority in the legislature refused to do so. Parents, teachers, and public library officials were outraged and loudly complained from all over the state to the governor.
Dollywood Foundation President Jeff Conyers released a statement to The Daily Beasthere about the situation when asked, saying: "We are hopeful that Governor Braun and the Indiana Legislature will continue this vital investment by restoring the state's funding match for local Imagination Library programs. The beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all—regardless of politics—because every child deserves the chance to dream big and succeed.For the past two years, the State of Indiana has been a proud partner in bringing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to over 125,000 Hoosier children each month. Together, we've helped nurture a love of reading, given families precious moments of joy, and built a foundation for lifelong learning."
That comment was misreported by numerous media outlets as coming on behalf of Dolly personally by her spokesperson instead of explaining it was by the foundation president on behalf of himself.
The Indiana Library Federation noted this is the first time a state government has reneged on its obligations to the program after entering into an agreement to support it statewide in the program's 30-year history. As of this month, 125,000 Indiana children are enrolled in the program and over the past two years they have received 1.8 million books in 89 of the state's 92 counties. Officials had expected to begin operations in those final three counties before the end of this year.
In response to the outrage, Gov. Braun declined to ask the legislature to consider reinstating the funding, and his budget passed as proposed with the full cut to the program. However, he announced he has asked his wife, First Lady Maureen Braun, to take on responsibility for raising the entire sum from private philanthropy to continue supplementing the program statewide, a very difficult if not impossible task. Tennessee and other states with statewide programs have often sought additional funds from private sponsorship to add to tax dollars, but given the huge number of participating children and the overall cost, the scope of the program's statewide status makes it impossible to continue at that level without the majority of the match coming from a legislative allocation.
Conyers responded to the news, according to multiple reports, with the following statement: "I deeply appreciate Governor Braun's commitment to early childhood literacy and the leadership of First Lady Maureen Braun in championing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The Imagination Library brings the joy of reading to over 125,000 Hoosier children each month and we are encouraged by Governor and First Lady Braun's support to ensure its future in Indiana. We look forward to working with the Governor and First Lady, state leaders, and Local Program Partners to keep books in the hands of Indiana's youngest learners and strengthen this foundation for a lifetime of success."
'IWALY' Tops Another 'Billboard' Critics' Poll Billboard magazine's critics released another list last week with Dolly on top. After having named her the best country artist of all time and "I Will Always Love You" the best country love song of all time, their critics named her original recording of the track as the best break-up song of all time in all genres of music. Check it out here.
See Dolly's Heartsongs Costumes Thanks to correspondent Jason Worley for visiting Dolly's costume exhibit at Dollywood's Heartsong Lodge resort and sharing the images with us in a gallery here. The curated collection, open through March 12 in the Acoustic Lounge, is open to all resort hotel, dining, merchandise, or spa patrons daily and is also 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.
Dolly Helps Sabrina Dominate U.K., Aussie Charts Dolly's new duet with Sabrina Carpenter will allow her Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition to recapture the No. 2 album spot in the U.S. when charts are released Tuesday, Billboard confirms, as the expanded edition sold 74,000 copies, had almost 2,000 album-equivalent single song downloads, and streams equal to 84,000 units for total credits of 160,000 for the week.
On the British charts, which are released on Fridays and capture new releases faster than the U.S. tallies, the album regains the No. 1 spot on the pop charts, up from No. 5, holding steady at No. 2 streaming and gaining 12 to No. 2 Scottish, 16 to No. 2 sales, 63 to No. 8 downloads, 16 to No. 2 physical sales, and 16 to No. 2 vinyl sales. Although the success is largely due to Dolly's new duet vocals on a re-recorded "Please, Please, Please," the U.K. charts didn't see fit to add Dolly's name to the single credit as it re-enters the pop top 100 overseas at No. 9, and gains 22 to No. 12 streaming, 36 to No. 20 sales, 64 mto No. 18 downloads, 19 to No. 16 audio streaming, and 45 to No. 6 video streaming. Elsewhere across the pond, Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, holds steady at No. 5 country albums and re-enters the top 100 pop downloads at No. 97, while Beyonce's Cowboy Carter gains one to No. 2 country, holding steady at No. 1 Americana, and sliding 23 to No. 95 streaming and 21 to No. 87 downloads. On the country compilations albums chart, Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 holds steady at No. 1, Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection loses one to No. 4, Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables falls three to No. 10 in its fourth chart week, while Dolly's The Monument Singles falls back out of the top 20, down No. 6, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe re-enters the top 20 at No. 8, and Original Album Series by Linda Ronstadt falls back off the top 20, down from No. 18.
Down Under, Carpenter's album regains the No. 1 pop position, up from No. 4, while the song "Please, Please, Please," again without crediting Dolly, jumps 22 places to No. 17 on the Australian pop singles chart. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion rises one to No. 5 country and drops out of the top 50 pop albums chart, down from No. 47, while Cowboy Carter slips seven to No. 23 Australian country albums.
In the U.S., Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 17 Top 200 albums, No. 3 country albums, and No. 14 Canadian albums, gaining two on the current albums list at No. 42. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter dips one to No. 5 country albums, holds steady at No. 2 Americana/folk albums, and loses 13 on the Top 200 to No. 32, eight to No. 36 sales, and one to No. 24 current sales.
Feb. 17: Sabrina Carpenter Duet Drops On 'Please, Please, Please'
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter on Friday released her promised expanded edition of her Grammy-winning album Short & Sweet Deluxe Edition fesaturing a remix of her No. 1 single "Please, Please, Please" as a duet with Dolly. The country-influenced arrangement also featured censoring of one line from a curse word at Dolly's request. Download your copy from Amazon here and stream on YouTube here or in the media player above. Dolly released behind-the-scenes footage of the two listening to the finished song to her social media here.
Potential Musical 'Dollys' Revealed, Symphony Singers, Too Dolly last week announced 15 finalists from the search for Dolly casting call for her upcoming bio-musical Dolly: An Original Musical. Check them out in a reel posted to social media here. She also last week revealed several vocalists who will be touring with the upcoming symphonic showcase of her music, Threads: My Songs In Symphony. Learn more about those singers here.
Dollywood Named A 'Forbes' Best Employer Forbes magazine last week named Dolly's theme park, Dollywood, to its list of the best 498 midsized employers in the U.S., one of just 15 companies in the travel and leisure sector.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables loses its pole position on the U.K. country compilation albums chart after two weeks, the charts released Friday confirmed. The album falls six to No. 7 for the week in its third chart week, while Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 regains one to No. 1, Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection rises two to No. 3, and Dolly's The Monument Singles holds steady at No. 6, but The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe falls out of the top 20, down from No. 20, and Original Album Series by Linda Ronstadt holds steady at No. 18. Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, regains three to No. 5 country albums while Beyonce's Cowboy Carter gains one to No. 3 country, holding steady at No. 1 Americana, and sliding 20 to No. 79 pop, off the Scottish chart (down from No. 85), eight to No. 72 streaming, off the top 100 sales chart (down from No. 71), and 46 on the downloads list to No. 20.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion rises one to No. 6 country, while Cowboy Carter slides two to No. 16 Australian country albums. Malone's album holds steady on the top 50 Australian pop albums at No. 47.
In the U.S., Dolly's Little Sparrow falls back off the bluegrass albums chart, down from one week at No. 14, the Feb. 15 Billboard charts released Tuesday showed. Post Malone's F 1 Trillion gains three to No. 17 Top 200 albums, and one to No. 3 country albums, falling one to No. 14 Canadian albums, and re-entering the top 50 current albums list at No. 44. Beyonce's post-Grammy push gives her Cowboy Carter, a 33-point gain to No. 4 country albums and 12-point climb to No. 2 Americana/folk albums, re-entering the Top 200 at No. 19, sales chart at No. 28, and current sales at No. 23.
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.
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Carl Thomas Dean, longtime private husband to Dolly, died Monday, March 3, at age 82, three months shy of their 59th wedding anniversary. The couple had been together nearly 61 years. He was survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie. Our prayers from Dolly's fans are with her and their family at this time. May he rest in peace.
