In addition, a sixth award was presented: the Legend Award to its Smoky Mountain Christmas festival to recognize its selection at the theme park world's Best Christmas Event for the entire 15 consecutive years the award was presented through the category's retirement last year.

Although it did not win first place in Best Theme Park, which it took home last year, since Germany's EuropaPaek won first place and Dollywood second place, Dollywood was recognized as the best theme park in the United States for the fifth consecutive year.

Finally, the park placed in two of the awards' top 25 lists with Thunderhead as the world's fourth best wooden roller coaster (same as last year) and Lightning Rod as the world's 22nd best steel coaster (down from No. 14 last year). Also, Dollywood's Splash Country was named the world's fifth-best water park.

Meanwhile, the park on Monday opens its Harvest Festival through Oct. 28 featuring the nightly Great Pumpkin LumiNights. More than 12,000 pumpkins decorate the park, which also offers special culinary treats and more than 1,100 individual performances by musical guests including gospel stars like The Isaacs and country artists Mandy Barnett, Lee Roy Parnell, T.G. Sheppard, and Suzy Bogguss.  

Post Malone Duet Still On Country Chart
Dolly's collaboration with Post Malone, "Have The Heart," earns a second week on the Sept. 7 Billboard Top Country Songs singles chart last week, slipping 22 places to No. 44 with her 112th career credited country chart single. The song falls off the all-genre Hot 100, down from No. 56; streaming songs, down from No. 46; country streaming songs, down from No. 24; Canadian Hot 100, down from No. 44; Canadian digital song sales, down from No. 19; and Global Hot 200, down from No. 136. Malone's album which contains the song, F 1 Trillion, saw 111,000 credited units its second week to dip two to No. 3 Top 200, five to No. 6 sales and current sales, one to No. 2 streaming, seven to No. 8 vinyl and one to No. 2 Canadian albums, remaining steady for a second week at No. 1 country albums. Next week, the collection will be credited with 86,000 album units (sales of about 11,000 and streaming credits of about 75,000) and should regain one spot to No. 2 Top 200 albums. Elsewhere on the charts:

Dolly Heads To 'The View' Sept. 17
Dolly's promotions for her fall projects are scheduled to continue in coming weeks with an appearenace announced for ABC's The View Tuesday, Sept. 17, and an appearance on a yet-to-be-announced day on an upcoming episode of ABC's The Tamaron Hall Show.

Tina Turner Debut Album With Dolly Cover Reissued
Tina Turner's first solo album, which featured a cover of Dolly's “There's Always Be Music,” is getting a 50th anniversary re-issue Nov. 15, Rhino Records has announced. Tina Turns The Country On will be available on new half-speed mastered vinyl and CD. Get it here.

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Sept. 2:
Malone Project Continues To Sell Well Overseas
Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, with the Dolly duet "Have The Heart," continued to perform well in its second week overseas, slipping seven to No. 8 U.K. pop albums, nine to No. 12 Scottish albums, six to No. 7 streaming, eight to No. 10 physical sales, eight to No. 10 overall sales,19 to No. 20 vinyl albums, and 10 to No. 12 downloads, maintaining its No. 1 country albums position. Down Under, it sips three to No. 5 Australian pop and remains at No. 1 country.

Aug. 28:
Dolly Celebrates Library In Kansas City, Lexington

Post Malone Duet Makes Pop Top 60, Country Top 25

Aug. 26:
Full 'Smoky Mountain DNA' Details Released

Dolly, Rachel Visit TalkShopLive

Livestream Dolly's Kansas City Appearance Tuesday
Kansas City PBS has revealed it will livestream Dolly's visit with the Missouri governor and first lady to celebrate the statewide expansion of her Imagination Library early childhood literacy program. Viewing requires registering via Eventbrite here in advance of the 11 a.m. Central (noon Eastern) stream on Tuesday.

Beauty Line Gets Own Website
Although the Dolly Beauty makeup line was revealed the previous week, the full official announcement didn't hit until last week with a press release in which Dolly said: "All of my life I've wanted to be pretty, and my new cosmetic line is going to allow me and you to be our very best. So, fly pretty, up, up and away. Enjoy!" The first product, Heaven's Kiss Lipstick, is available online at DollyBeauty.com.

U.S., U.K., Australian Chart Updates
Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, featuring several country star collaborations including Dolly on "Have The Heart," will be this week's No. 1 overall album and No. 1 country album when charts are released Tuesday. Billboard indicates it will debut with 250,000 credit units, split as 80,000 physical sales and full-album downloads, 6,000 track downloads that equal albums, and 164,000 unit credits for 213 million on-demand streams of the album. The album debuts across the pond at No. 1 U.K. pop albums, No. 3 Scottish albums, No. 1 streaming, No. 2 physical sales, No. 2 overall sales, No. 2 downloads, and No. 1 country albums. Down Under, it debuts at No. 2 Australian pop and No. 1 country. Elsewhere on the U.S. charts:

Aug. 19:
Post Malone Duet 'Have The Heart' Drops

Dolly Presented Year-Old Gold, Platinum Awards
Although no explanation was given why they waited more than a year to present her with the RIAA plaques, Dolly last week accepted decorative awards for six gold and platinum certifications she earned 15 months ago. The photo of her with current manager Danny Nozell and the awards (at left, click on for higher resolution) was released last week. Less ornate versions of the certifications had already been on public display in her new Dolly Parton Experience Museum at Dollywood since it opened in May 2024. Certified a year prior to that, in May 2023, and reported here at the time, the awards were for combined physical and digital sales/streams of the 1999 compilation Super Hits and 1974 studio album Jolene at the gold level for more than 500,000 unit credits and digital download/streaming awards for the singles "Coat Of Many Colors" at 500,000 units for gold level and "Jolene," "9 To 5" and "Islands In The Stream" with Kenny Rogers at triple platinum for 3 million downloads/streaming equivalents each.

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Kansas City Visit Scheduled For Next Week
Dolly's gubernatorial visit to Missouri to celebrate taking her Imagination Library early childhood literacy program statewide there has been scheduled for a week from Tuesday in Kansas City, it was announced last week. Gov. Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson will host the event for Dolly at 11 a.m. Aug. 27. Dolly has visited several states to conduct interviews with the first lady and/or governor in front of invited crowds of Imagination Library volunteers over the past couple of years for each state that expands its program statewide.

Dolly Gets Three Country People's Choice Nominations
Dolly last week collected three nominations for this year's People's Choice Country Awards, to be hosted by Shania Twain on NBC Sept. 26. She is up for Female Artist of 2024 against Beyonce, Carly Pearce, Kasey Musgraves, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Morony, and Miranda Lambert. She is also up for Social Country Star of 2024 against Bailey Zimmerman, Beyonce, Jelly Roll, Ballerini, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, and Reba McEntire. Finally, she is nominated as the songwriter of "Jolene" for Beyonce's version being up for Cover Song of 2024 against Beyonce's "Blackbird," Orville Peck and Willie Nelson's "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other," Maren Morris' "Dancing With Myself," Parker McCollum's "Perfectly Lonely," mgk's "Sun To Me," Lana Del Rey's "Take Me Home, Country Roads," and Musgraves' "Three Little Birds."

Dolly Donates Dress To Franklin Parks
Friends of Franklin Parks for the city just outside of Nashville last week auctioned off a blue Dolly dress she donated to support the nonprofit. She wore the outfit during a 1995 appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman and for a photo shoot with a butterfly-backed chair, 8x10s of which were sold at her theme park. The Lillie Reuben-designed number sold for $2,500.

Panama City Pirates Voyage Tops Off Building
Dolly's Panama City, Fla., Pirates Voyage dinner theater last week reached the construction milestone of laying its highest steel beam and celebrated with a "topping off ceremony," My Pan Handle reported here. The third pirate-themed attraction in her chain of performance art dinner theaters is expected to open in spring 2025.

U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates
Dolly's collaboration with Natalie Grant on "Step By Step" turned around on the official Billboard Adult Contemporary singles chart released Tuesday, inching up one to No. 14 in its 12th chart week, according to the Aug. 17 numbers. However, on the competing Mediabase singles chart, the track last week entered the top 10 at No. 10 for the first time. Elsewhere on the charts:

Aug. 12:
Dolly, Rachel Talk Cooking On HSN

Vincent Sings John Denver With Dolly, '9 To 5' Without

'Step By Step' Begins To Fall On Chart
After peaking at No. 13 to mark her 12-highest-charting Adult Contemporary single of her career, Dolly's collaboration with Natalie Grant on "Step By Step" last week started its slide down the chart, losing two spots to No. 15 in its 11th chart week, the Aug. 10 numbers released Tuesday showed. Elsewhere on the charts:

Aug. 5:
Dolly Helps Maui Wildfire Victims

Dolly Buys Titanic Museums
World Choice Investments, Dolly's second partnership with Dollywood co-owners Herschend Family Entertainment, several months ago added the Titanic museum attractions in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and Branson, Mo., to their portfolio, purchasing the businesses from founders John and Mary Kellogg-Joslyn and their EPR Properties, to operate alongside their other attractions in the WCI brand: Dolly's Stampede in Pigeon Forge and Branson, Pirates Voyage in Pigeon Forge and Myrtle Beach, S.C., (with a third location under construction in Panama City, Fla.), and Pigeon Forge's Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Feud, Comedy Barn, and Miss Frizzle's Chicken House. News of the sale reached the press last week in Branson, prompting a statement confirming it had occurred. Check out coverage from Knoxville's WATE here.

Dolly Records New 'IWALY' Duet
Dolly has recorded yet another version of her signature song "I Will Always Love You," this time with contemporary Christian pianist Alex-Zsolt, the artist revealed last week on his social media here. The collaboration, arranged by 26-time Dove Award winner David T. Clydesdale, will appear on Alex-Zsolt's 19th album the upcoming Alex-Zsolt At The Ivories. The track also features Charles Billingsley and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Post Malone Confirms Dolly Duet
Post Malone on Wednesday released the full track listing of his upcoming F 1 Trillion album coming Aug. 16 confirming Dolly's appearance on the track "Have the Heart." Order your copy here!

U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates
As was reported here last week, "Step By Step" by Dolly and Natalie Grant rises two this week to No. 13 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, with its 10th chart week on the Aug. 3 tallies released Tuesday. Elsewhere on the charts last week:

July 30:
Exclusive: 'Hello, I'm Dolly' Workshops In Nashville With Hilty
Although no official announcements have been made and it was apparently supposed to be secret, a source has disclosed exclusively to Dollymania.net that Dolly and her creative team held workshops of her Hello, I'm Dolly Broadway musical in Nashville a couple of weeks ago. And while no casting news has been revealed, the source said Megan Hilty, who originated Dolly's role of Doralee in the Broadway adaptation of 9 To 5: The Musical, participated. While those who workshop a show before a Broadway premiere don't necessarily transfer to the final version, sometimes they do, but that could mean she was playing Dolly in the workshop.

HBO's 'Penguin' Will Be Dolly Stan
The new The Penguin series on HBO will feature the lead character as a Dolly stan, the creators have revealed. A key part of Collin Farrell's character, Oz, or The Penguin, will be a huge Dolly fan and that fact will be used in part to show the character's respect for women and inspiration from his mother, Slash Film reports here from an interview with creator Lauren LeFranc in Esquire.

Dolly On Leaked Post Malone Guest List
Dolly will apparently appear on Post Malone's upcoming country album, F 1 Trillion, according to a leak. Target last week mistakenly posted a cover image with its pre-order page for the vinyl version of the album which listed the project's guest artists which included Dolly, Lainey Wilson, Brad Paisley, Hank Williams Jr., Tim McGraw, Jelly Roll, and Chris Stapleton, among others. In addition, Malone wore a "Dolly Parton Fan Club" cap in the music video for the album's single with Luke Combs, "Guy For That." The album comes out Aug. 16. Pre-order it here.

'Gonna Be You (Nashville)' Released Then Pulled
Dolly has recorded a second version of the Diane Warren song "Gonna Be You" with several current female country artists. She had led the pop star version for the soundtrack of the Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda film 80 For Brady with Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry. The new version is led by Callie Twisselman with Jessie James Decker, Dolly and Maddie & Tae. It was released on YouTube here, Facebook, and download services on Friday but deleted from all outlets less than 24 hours later, suggesting it was mistakenly distributed early. No word on when it will be out again.

Dolly, Luke Williams Get Dove Nomination
Dolly and Luke Williams received a Dove Award nomination last week for Bluegrass/Country/Roots Recorded Song of the Year for their second duet, "Lookin' For You". It is her seventh career nomination. Dolly was previously nominated in the same category for "Stand By The River" with Dottie Rambo, "When I Get Where I'm Going" with Brad Paisley, and last year for "In The Sweet By and By" as well as a songwriter for "Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man" by Rhonda Vincent with Volume Five. She and Williams had previously been nominated for Pop Recorded Song of the Year for "There Was Jesus," and she and King & Country won Video of the Year for "God Only Knows." Winners will be revealed on TBN Oct. 4.

Diablo Cody Says '9 To 5' Sequel Z Vs. Boomers
No word on casting or plans for the original actresses to resume their roles yet, but one promising piece of information is Diablo Cody, who just completed the script for the 9 To 5 sequel being produced by Jennifer Anniston says the primary focus will be comedy from the conflict between Gen Z employees and their boomer bosses, according to Entertainment Weekly here.

Dollywood Sees Major Flood
A torrential downpour on Sunday resulted in the worst flash flooding Dollywood has ever seen. One minor injury was reported, several cars in the parking lot were flooded, and customers had to wade through ankle-deep water through most of the park, knee-deep water in some parts, and even waist-deep in a couple of spots. Part of the public road at the entrance reportedly collapsed. Employees and first responders led guests to safety and helped them exit the park. News of the flooding reached all types of national media outlets, including even The New York Times here. Crews worked overnight to clean up the damage and the park opened by noon Monday. (Coincidentally, your webmaster had visited the park on vacation last week and left just a couple of hours before the storm hit. A gallery of the exhibits in the new multi-building Dolly Parton Experience museum has been added to my Facebook page in an album here.)

'Step By Step' To Rise To No. 13 AC
"Step By Step" by Dolly and Natalie Grant will rise two in Tuesday's charts to No. 13 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, after remaining steady last week at No. 15 in the July 27 numbers in its ninth chart week. Elsewhere on the charts last week:

July 22:
'Somebody's Child' Fan Video Debuts

'Still Working 9 To 5' Heading To Streamers
The filmmakers behind the documentary Still Working 9 To 5 revealed last week that they have finally struck a deal for nationwide wide release of the project, with a debut on two streaming services to be announced soon.

Dolly Donates Dress For Elton John AIDS Foundation
Dolly has donated the dress she wore for a British photo shoot and meet-and-greet at a 2007 London concert for Elton John's AIDS Foundation's Rocket Man Resale Auction. The item ends here at 1 a.m. Eastern Monday, July 29. As of press time, bidding was at $10,100.

'Forever Young' Receives Two IBMA Nominations
Dolly on Wednesday took two nominations at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards for her collaboration with Daniel Grindstaff and Paul Brewster on "Forever Young." The track will compete for Song of the Year against "Fall In Tennessee" by Authentic Unlimited with Jerry Douglas, "Willows" by Sister Sadie, "Too Lonely, Way Too Long" by Rock Faris with Del McCoury, and "Kentucky Gold" by Dale Ann Bradley with Sam Bush as well as Collaborative Recording Of The Year against "Fall In Tennessee," "Brown's Ferry Blues" by Tony Trischka featuring Billy Strings, "Bluegrass Radio" by Alison Brown and Steve Martin, and "Too Old To Die Young" by Bobby Osborne and C.J. Lewandowski. Awards will be handed out Sept. 26.

Dolly's 'Pet Gala' Snags Editing Emmy Nom
While Dolly Parton's Pet Gala didn't garner any Emmy nominations for Dolly or for variety shows, its technical staff did receive recognition for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming. Nominatred are Bill DeRonde, James Collet, Kari Heavenrich, and Stavros Stavropoulous as editors. They face editors from Netflix's John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's In LA, HBO's Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die and Ramy Youssef: More Feelings and Prime Video's Tig Notaro: Hello Again. Winners will be announced in September.

Ronald McDonald House Sells Dolly's Idyllwild Cabin
Dolly's cabin retreat in Idyllwild, Calif., sold earlier this month for $585,000, several media outlets reported. Dolly had donated the house last year to the local Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California, which sold it, The Orange County Register reported here.

'Bubbling Over' Makes 'Rolling Stone' Worst Album Cover List
Rolling Stone last week released its list of the 50 worst album covers of all time, limiting it to one per artist, and Dolly's 1973 title Bubbling Over ranked No. 9. Ironically, Billboard in 1973 named it the best country music album cover of the year. See the full list here.

U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates
"Step By Step" by Dolly and Natalie Grant will either stay at No. 15 or begin descending on the U.S. adult contemporary singles in the July 27 numbers to be released on Tuesday, Dollymania.net is the first to report. The track rose two to No. 15 in its eighth chart week on the July 20 tally released last week. Elsewhere on the charts last week:

July 15:
U.K. Gives Dolly Two New Gold Records
Dolly has some more metal for her museum, as BPI, the British organization responsible for gold and platinum albums, announced Friday that she has recently been awarded two new honors: her 1977 single "Here You Come Again," which was her first gold single selling more than 1 million copies in the U.S. immediately after release, has hit the gold mark overseas, with the digital release of the single receiving gold status in the U.K. on July 5 marking sales of 400,000 units. In addition, her compilation Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection was certified gold on June 28 for sales in excess of 100,000 copies, having previously been certified silver in October.

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'Step By Step' To Enter Top 15 AC Singles
"Step By Step" by Dolly and Natalie Grant will enter the top 15 of the U.S. adult contemporary singles chart at No. 15 in the July 20 numbers to be released on Tuesday, Dollymania.net is the first to report. The track held steady at No. 17 in its seventh chart week on the July 13 tally released last week. Elsewhere on the charts last week: