Fifty years ago Monday, Dolly records several cuts for her 1975 Dolly album including “The Seeker” and “We Used To;” released as singles seven and 10 months later, respectively, they reach No. 2 (for two weeks) and No. 9 to become Dolly's 20th and 22nd Top 10 country hits. Thirty-five years ago Monday, with the label forced to release it as a single after a slew of radio requests following her performance of it on the CMA Awards, the gospel song “He's Alive” debuts on the country charts; it reaches only No. 39. Forty-seven years ago Tuesday, “Here You Come Again” enters its second of five weeks atop the country singles charts (Dolly's seventh); it would peak at No. 3 pop to become Dolly's first pop Top 40 hit. Forty-two years ago Wednesday, “Everything's Beautiful (In Its Own Way),” a duet with Willie Nelson using new vocals by him and Dolly's mid-'60s Monument vocals, debuts on the charts; it would reach No. 7 to become Dolly's 40th Top 10 country hit and also peak at No. 102 pop and No. 19 adult contemporary. That same day, the album from which the song is released, The Winning Hand, debuts on the album charts; it would peak at No. 4 country, No. 109 pop. Twenty years ago Wednesday, “Baby It's Cold Outside” with Rod Stewart debuts on the adult contemporary singles chart; the duet reaches No. 2 to be Dolly's biggest AC hit since “Islands In The Stream” more than two decades earlier. Fifty-four years ago Thursday, “Joshua” debuts on the singles charts; a month and a half later it would become Dolly's first No. 1 country single and peak at No. 108 pop. Forty-four years ago Friday, 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs debuts on the album charts; two months later it would reach No. 1 country, a position it would hold for 10 weeks (Dolly's longest stay), and No. 11 on the pop charts plus go on to gold status for more than 500,000 copies sold (Dolly's fifth). That same day, the single debuts on the adult contemporary charts; it would peak at No. 1 for two weeks there as well as go to No. 1 on the country and pop charts and sell more than 1 million copies to be certified gold. Twenty-one years ago Friday, “Coat Of Many Colors” by Shania Twain with Alison Krauss and Union Station (plus uncredited duet harmonies by Dolly) debuts on the country singles chart from the tribute album Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs Of Dolly Parton; it spends two weeks at No. 57. Fifty-four years ago Saturday, Porter & Dolly record “Better Move It On Home” for their Best of album; released as a single two months later, it reaches No. 7 to become their 10th chart duet. Fifty-three years ago Saturday, Dolly records “Touch Your Woman;” released as a single three months later, it reaches No. 6. Thirty-nine years ago Saturday, Once Upon a Christmas makes its second U.S. country album chart debut, reaching No. 30 that year. Thirty-six years ago Saturday, Dolly is the lead guest for Bob Hope's annual network television Christmas special. Twenty-eight years ago Saturday, Dolly accepts the Harmony Award from the Nashville Symphony Orchestra at its annual Symphony Ball. Forty years ago Sunday, Once Upon a Christmas with Kenny Rogers makes its first debut on the album charts; it reaches No. 12 country, No. 31 pop, and sells in excess of 2 million copies to become her sole multi-platinum album. That same day, the Christmas single “The Greatest Gift of All” with Kenny debuts on the charts; it peaks at No. 53 country, No. 81 pop.
Upcoming television appearances
(All times Eastern unless noted)
Dec. 10, 11 a.m., FM, The Dolly Parton Story: Rags To Rhinestones (re-runs 5 p.m. Dec. 13, 3 p.m. Dec. 15)
Dec. 11, midnight, FM, Dolly Parton: Queen of Country (re-runs 7 p.m. Dec. 15)
Dec. 12, 9: 15 p.m., NBC, E! News Presents NBC's Hot 10 Of 2024 (re-runs 8 p.m. Dec. 26)
Dec. 16, 11 p.m., POP, Steel Magnolias
Dec. 18, 8 p.m., NBC, Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
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
Dolly last week announced a nationwide open asting call to play her at various ages in the Broadway musical of her life story to premiere next year in Nashville before moving to New York in 2026. Like the current Cher musical, Dolly: A New Musical will feature three actors portraying her throughout her life: a young Dolly, an adult Dolly, and an older Dolly. The show will feature both new compositions and her biggest hits. Applicants over 18 may post a one-minute video of them performing a Dolly song to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, or X with the hashtgag #SearchForDolly by Jan. 12 and complete an application on the musical's website https://dollymusical.com to be considered (those under 18 are asked to upload their video to the website rather than the public social media platforms). A select few will meet with the casting director. Check out Dolly's announcement here or in the media player above.
Dolly Promotes New 'Billy' Book With Interviews
Dolly was making the media rounds last week with several unannounced appearances to promote her new children's book Dolly Parton's Billy the Kid Comes Home for Christmas. Check out her interview on CBS This Morninghere or in the media player above, a clip from the FOX News interview here and an interview with Entertainment Tonighthere, and Peoplehere. She was also interviewed for Wal-Mart and TalkShopLive here.
Fallon Special To Repeat Dec. 18 Dolly appeared via green screen on Jimmy Fallon's holiday special last week to introduce their duet, which was played using animation. The special will repeat at 8 p.m. Eastern Dec. 18.
'Good Lookin' Cookin'' Sees Black Friday Increases Thanks to Black Friday sales, Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner got a massive sales increase in its 10th week on the Best Seller Lists. It gains one to No. 5 on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List but shoots up an impressive 13 places on Publisher's Weekly to No. 4 on the Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list, selling 19,843 copies the previous week for a cumulative total of 147,175 since release.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Unfortunately, Black Friday didn't help Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables on the charts any, as the title remains at No. 1 on the Billboard bluegrass albums chart but failed to add to any of the country charts or all-genre charts in its second week, falling off the 50-position current album sales chart, down from No. 47. (Its debut week likely saw sales around 1,500 copies but thanks to Black Friday the minimum sales to break the top 50 current albums chart this week was around 6,400 copies.) In other chart developments:
A Holly, Dolly Christmas falls off the 50-position Holiday Albums Chart, down from No. 47 in its fifth week this season, its 48th chart week since release.
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's holiday album Holiday Seasoning, featuring his Dolly duet "It's Almost Too Early For Christmas" from two years ago, recaptures the No. 1 comedy albums position, up from No. 2, for its fourth chart week, falling off the current album sales list, down from No. 46, and dropping six to No. 41 holiday albums.
Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, holds steady at No. 19 Top 200 albums, loses three to No. 19 streaming, three to No. 14 Canadian albums and falls off current albums, down from No. 49, remaining steady at No. 3 country albums.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, inches down one to No. 44 country albums and gains one to No. 15 Americana/folk albums.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 3 country, while Cowboy Carter rises nine to No. 27 Australian country albums. Malone's gains two to No. 36 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Dolly's Rockstar falls back off the U.K. Americana albums chart, down from No. 36. Malone's album increases four to No. 91 U.K. pop albums and loses seven to No. 100 streaming albums, holding steady at No. 3 country. Beyonce's album rises two to No. 8 U.K. country albums but loses two to No. 8 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 remain steady at No. 3 and Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection at No. 4, while The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe loses one to No. 6, and the Original Album Series from Linda Ronstadt gains two to No. 18 as Emmylou Harris' first volume in the series falls back off the top 20, down from No. 19.
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Past news
Dec. 2: Dolly Accepts 'Billboard' Greatest Of All Time Honor
Dolly last week released a video acknowledging her being chosen by the music critics of Billboard magazine as the greatest country music artist of all time. She said: "I just learned that Billboard Magazine just released their list of country music's greatest artists of all time, and they have my name sitting at the top! Can you believe that? Now, when I was a little girl, I would sit around the radio and listen to the Grand Ole Opry and hearing all those great big stars like Hank Williams and Kitty Wells and Johnny Cash, I dreamed of what my life could actually become as well. I just want to say a great big thank you to the folks at billboard but most of all to you, the fans, I take none of this for granted. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to take my music all around the world and to see all my dreams come true. Just know this from the bottom of my heart I will always love you and I will always be doing that country music." Watch it here or in the media player above and check out Billboard's story on her reaction here.
'Rockstar' Gets 'Billboard' Music Award Nomination In related news, after being snubbed by both the CMAs and Grammy Awards, Dolly's Rockstar album last week received its first award nomination: one of five records up for the Billboard Music Awards' Top Rock Album category. However, rather than recognizing the artistry or content of any album, the Billboard awards are simply recognition of the top-charting artists and music of the past year. Therefore, nomination just means her album was one of the five highest-performing albums of the year on the Top Rock Albums chart, and whichever album is named the winner during a ceremony airing at 8 p.m. Eastern Dec. 12 on FOX, Fire TV, and Paramount+ is just the year-end chart No. 1 for that category. The other nominees are Zach Bryan's The Great American Bar Scene and Zach Bryan albums, Hozier's Unheard EP, and Noah Kahan's Stick Season.
'DNA' Debuts At No. 1 Bluegrass In 'Billboard' And in still more related news, Dolly continues to make Billboard history, as her Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables debuts last week on the Nov. 30 Billboard charts coming in at No. 1 bluegrass albums and No. 47 current album sales. It's her second bluegrass chart-topper after Run, Rose, Run. Given its sales position, it likely moved between 1,500 and 2,000 copies its first week of release. Since most retailers didn't ship due to apparent production delays, those likely are mostly downloads and I would expect a higher chart position in week two when most retailers actually shipped their products to customers. A social media post on the project's official page celebrated the debut but also claimed it was No. 6 on Billboard's country albums chart, but the chart released Tuesday did not show it in the top 50 and instead had Zach Bryan's self-titled album at No. 6. In other chart developments:
A Holly, Dolly Christmas inches up two to No. 47 in its fifth week this season on the Holiday Albums Chart, its 48th chart week since release.
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's holiday album Holiday Seasoning, featuring his Dolly duet "It's Almost Too Early For Christmas" from two years ago, sees its third week on the charts as it loses one to No. 2 comedy albums, 21 to No. 46 current album sales, and 13 to No. 35 holiday albums. The set falls off the overall album sales chart, down from No. 35.
Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, dips three to No. 19 Top 200 albums, one to No. 16 streaming, two to No. 11 Canadian albums and two to No. 49 current albums, remaining steady at No. 3 country albums.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, loses 12 to No. 43 country albums and three to No. 16 Americana/folk albums, falling back out of the top 200, down from No. 169.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 3 country, while Cowboy Carter dips one to No. 36 Australian country albums. Malone's remains steady at No. 38 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Dolly's Rockstar re-enters the U.K. Americana albums chart at No. 36. Malone's album loses 10 to No. 95 U.K. pop albums and 14 to No. 93 streaming albums, holding steady at No. 3 country. Beyonce's album falls five to No. 10 U.K. country albums but rises one to No. 6 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 inch down one to No. 3, her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection also dip one to No. 4, the Original Album Series from Linda Ronstadt slide one to No. 20 while Emmylou Harris' first volume in the series re-enters the top 20 at No. 19, Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost On The Canvas Sessions falls back out of the top 20, down from No. 14, and The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe gains four to No. 5.
Dolly To Livestream With Walmart Monday Evening Don't miss Dolly hosting a livestream event with Walmart Live and talkshoplive at 7 p.m. Eastern cybermonday to promote her Walmart holiday party collection. Check it out here and see the reel making her announcement of it here.
Cher Talks Of First Dolly Meeting One of the tid-bits in Cher's new memoir is her first time meeting Dolly at manager Sandy Gallin's home in the late 1970s. She said she saw this country girl with huge hair and gave their manager a "side-eye" of disbelief, to which he basically replied not to judge a book by its cover and assured her she'd love her. Once they got to know each other shortly thereafter, she did fall in love with her and invited her to appear on her 1978 special, earning Dolly her first Emmy nomination, and she said the two remain friends to this day. Read more from Peoplehere and order the book here.
Cookbook Still On Best Seller Lists Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner has stayed a 10th week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List, slipping one to No. 6. In Publisher's Weekly, it dips two to No. 17 on the Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list, selling 7,481 copies the previous week for a cumulative total of 127,332 since release. In related news, the sisters appeared last week on a CMT video here and in the media player below interviewing each other for two and a half minutes to promote the project.
James Patterson on Friday premiered his 30-minute interview with Dolly in his "Hungry Dogs" podcast in which they discussed their book and other topics, including that her Broadway musical will debut in Nashville next year before its 2026 Broadway launch and that they are working on casting over coming weeks. Check the interview out here or in the media player above.
'Billboard' Names Dolly Top Country Artist Of All Time
Billboard magazine last week released its list of the 100 greatest country artists of all time as judged by their editorial staff and ranked Dolly at No. 1. To celebrate, they released their staff's picks for her 10 best recordings. Check out that countdown here or in the media player above, and see the entire top 100 list here.
Holiday Dolly Heads To TV The weekend after Thanksgiving is turning into a Dolly fest, with CMT showing her made-for-television films Dolly Parton's Coat Of Many Colors and Dolly Parton's Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love on Sunday, Dec. 1. The first film shows at noon Eastern followed by the sequel at 2 p.m. and then they repeat at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively. Then on Monday, Dec. 2, Hallmark repeats Christmas At Dollywood at 8 a.m., and NBC premieres Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular with a Dolly appearance at 10 p.m. Dec. 4.
Smashed Guitar Sells For $5,200 Dolly had a guitar in Julien's Auction's Played, Worn, and Torn auction last week featuring many rock star-smashed instruments. They included the guitar destroyed in her HITS Daily Double cover story photo shoot to promote her rock album. The autographed Epiphone SG went for $5,200.
Miley Talks To 'Harper's Bazaar' Miley Cyrus is this month's cover girl on Harper's Bazzaar which focuses on what she's learned from godmother Dolly including her reaction to the very personal song "Used To Be Young" (which she joked she should have recorded instead of Miley because Miley still is young). Read it here.
'Good Lookin' Cookin'' Remains A Best Seller Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner earned a ninth week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List, holding steady at No. 5. In Publisher's Weekly, it also enjoys a ninth week on the Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list, regaining two to No. 15.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's holiday album Holiday Seasoning, featuring his Dolly duet "It's Almost Too Early For Christmas" from two years ago, sees its second week on the charts with the Nov. 23 Billboard lists released Tuesday. While it falls off the top 200 albums tally, down from No. 84, and vinyl sales, down from No. 9, the collection remains steady at No. 1 comedy albums and drops 32 to No. 35 album sales, 22 to No. 25 current album sales, and 20 to No. 22 holiday albums. In other chart news:
Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, holds steady at No. 16 Top 200 albums No. 15 streaming, No. 3 country albums, and one to No. 9 Canadian albums. The title re-enters the current album sales list at No. 47.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, rises 11 to No. 31 country albums and four to No. 13 Americana/folk albums, re-entering the top 200 at No. 169.
A Holly, Dolly Christmas inches down three to No. 49 in its fourth week this season on the Holiday Albums Chart, its 47th chart week since release.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 3 country, while Cowboy Carter rises one to No. 35 Australian country albums. Malone's album loses five to No. 38 Australian pop albums.
Nov. 18: 'Smoky Mountain DNA' Released Dolly's massive 37-track collection of songs with her family members, Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables, hit stores on Friday. Check out a video promoting the project as a reel on Dolly's social media here. Although the documentary series that was to accompany it has been delayed until sometime in 2025, according to the project's website, it has garnered some media attention with little promotion in the immediate time frame surrounding its release. Dolly was interviewed by the Associated Press here. The Wall Street Journal gave a positive review available via MSN here, but The Guardian gave it two out of five stars here, praising the archival material with her older relatives but criticizing the recordings with her youngest nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. While digital copies were available Friday, it appears most CD hard copies were delayed. Amazon notiifed those who pre-ordered that they are expected for a Nov. 22 delivery, a week late.
Jewlery Interview Posted
Jasmine Sweet last week posted an interview with Dolly and jewelry maker Kendra Scott about Dolly's new "Love Is Like A Butterfly" collection through Scott's store. Check it out here or in the media player above. The pair also did an interview with Peoplehere.
In Memoriam: David Parton Dolly's eldest brother, David W. Parton, died Friday at age 82. Read the obituary for the retired bridge building superintendent here. As of press time Sunday night, Dolly had not addressed the loss, but sister Stella posted to social media Friday here: "It's never easy to lose a loved one. My wonderful brother David Parton passed in the early hours of the morning." On Saturday, she shared a message of appreciation to fans: "Thank you for all your kind thoughts to my family as we continue to grieve the loss of our much loved and cherished oldest brother David." And on Sunday the Bible verse: "Oh that I had wings of a dove, I would fly away and be at rest. Psalms 55:6" This marks her fourth sibling to pass, following Larry in 1955, youngest brother Floyd in 2018, and Randy in 2021. All of her sisters are living.
'Good Lookin' Cookin'' Remains On Best Seller Lists Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner earned an eighth week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List, gaining two spots to No. 5. In Publisher's Weekly, it also enjoys an eighth week on the Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list, inching up one to No. 17 with 5,177 copies sold, bringing its cumulative total to 111,592 copies.
Dolly Gives Nashville Library Largest Gift Ever Last week, Dolly's Dollywood Foundation made the largest gift in the history of the Nashville Public Library Foundation, giving $4.5 million to start Begin Bright, a new program to improve reading literacy for kindergarten students by providing "little library" carts filled with Imagination Library books and other resources to every childcare center in the county. In a statement, Dolly said: "I really believe this partnership can make a huge impact on inspiring a love of reading for children and families. And one of the best parts is that Nashville can once again light the way for the nation." Learn more from The Tennesseanhere.
Dolly Talks To 'Wine Spectator' Dolly chatted about her new wine with Wine Spectatorhere last week.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon's holiday album Holiday Seasoning, featuring his Dolly duet "It's Almost Too Early For Christmas" from two years ago, debuted Tuesday on the Nov. 16 Billboard charts at No. 1 comedy albums, No. 3 sales and current sales, No. 2 holiday albums, No. 9 vinyl sales and No. 84 Top 200 all-genre albums charts that includes streaming. The collection saw 12,000 copies sold and only 1,000 album equivalents from streaming. In other chart news:
Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, holds steady at No. 16 Top 200 Albums but loses three to No. 15 streaming and one to No. 9 Canadian albums. The title gains one to No. 3 country albums but falls off the current album sales list, down from No. 42.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, inches up one to No. 42 country albums and remains steady at No. 17 Americana/folk albums.
A Holly, Dolly Christmas dips 17 to No. 46 in its third week this season on the Holiday Albums Chart, its 46th chart week since release.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 3 country, while Cowboy Carter rises four to No. 36 Australian country albums. Malone's album loses five to No. 33 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Malone's album dips 11 places to No. 72 U.K. pop albums and one to No. 67 streaming albums, holding steady at No. 3 country. Beyonce's album regains six to No. 4 U.K. country albums and two to No. 5 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 hold steady at No. 2, her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection rise two to No. 3, the Original Album Series from Linda Ronstadt gain four to No. 16, Glen Campbell Duets: Ghost On The Canvas Sessions 17, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe re-enter the top 20 at No. 18, and the Original Album Series from Emmylou Harris fall back off the top 20, down from No. 17.
James Patterson Announces Dolly Interview James Patterson has revealed that his Substack newsletter's interview series, Hungry Dogs, will soon feature an interview with Dolly like none she's ever given before. Check out his promotional video here or in the media player below, and sign up for his newsletter here (I do not know which paid or free subscription level will include the Dolly interview or when it will be released.)
Nov. 11: 50th Anniversary 'Love Is Like A Butterfly' Released
To honor the 50th anniversary of one of her signature songs, "Love Is Like A Butterfly," which became Dolly's fifth No. 1 country single 50 years ago Saturday, Dolly on Friday released a new recording of the track. Stream it on YouTube here or in the media player above and download it from Amazon here.
Costumes Audio Book Gets Grammy Nom, Swift Passes Dolly Record Grammy nominations were announced Friday and Dolly's colossal Rockstar project was snubbed entirely, just as it was by the CMAs. USA Today noted it among this year's major snubs here. Also passed over were her collaborations with Beyonce, Pitbull, Natalie Grant, Melissa Manchester, Rhonda Vincent, Blessing Offor, and Zach Williams, along with her contribution to the Tom Petty tribute album, all of which had been submitted for the Grammy ballot in various categories. She did receive one nomination, for Best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording with Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones, which competes against All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words, And Your Ass Will Follow by George Clinton, Last Sunday In Plains: A Centennial Celebration by 100-year-old former President Jimmy Carter, and My Name Is Barbra from Barbra Streisand. Beyonce's Cowboy Carter was nominated for Album of the Year and both it and Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, each of which contain a Dolly appearance, are up for Best Country Album. Dolly's nod brings her career total to 55, but she loses her spot for second-most nominated female artist of all time, as Beyonce's 11 nomination extend her lead to 99, making her not only the most-nominated female but most-nominated of all artists, and Taylor Swift's six nods increase her to 58 career nominations, three more than Dolly, who is now in third place among women.
Cookbook Still On Best Seller Lists Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner earned a seventh week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List, gaining two spots to No. 7. In Publisher's Weekly, it also enjoys a seventh week on the Hardcover Nonfiction bestseller list, gaining two to No. 18 thanks to 5,595 copies sold, bringing its seven-week cumulative total to 106,415 copies.
Nashville Hotel Renovation To Start Renovation on Dolly's Songteller Hotel in Nashville is about to begin, as the city issued a $45 million permit for the construction, several media outlets reported last week including Nashville Posthere.
NBC Adds Two More Dolly Holiday Airings NBC announced last week that Dolly will be among those recounting their favorite viral moments in the new special E! News Presents NBC's Hot 10 Of 2024 at 9:15 p.m. Dec. 12 with an extended hour-long version repeating at 8 p.m. Dec. 26. That encore airing will be followed by a repeat of the Emmy-nominated Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas at 9 p.m. Dec. 26 on the network.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, slips two to No. 16 Top 200 Albums in the Nov. 9 Billboard numbers released Tuesday. The collection also falls two to No. 12 streaming, 18 to No. 42 current album sales, one to No. 4 country albums, and three to No. 8 Canadian albums. The title falls off the overall album sales list, down from No. 28.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, inches down one to No. 43 country albums and No. 17 Americana/folk albums.
A Holly, Dolly Christmas gains five to No. 29 in its second week this season on the Holiday Albums Chart, its 45th chart week since release.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 3 country, while Cowboy Carter re-enters the top 40 Australian country albums list at No. 40. Malone's album inches down one to No. 28 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Malone's album gains nine places to No. 61 U.K. pop albums, loses eight to No. 66 streaming albums, and holds steady at No. 3 country. The album falls off the top 100 downloads, down from No. 78. Beyonce's album regains four to No. 10 U.K. country albums and four to No. 7 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 hold steady at No. 2, her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection rise one to No. 5, the Original Album Series from Linda Ronstadt tumble eight to No. 20 and the Original Album Series from Emmylou Harris rise two to No. 17.
Nov. 4: Dolly 'Wonka' Sending Out Butterfly Tickets
Dolly donned a Willy Wonka costume last week to announce a new nationwide contest for the ultimate Dollywood "Playcation." Order the Tennessee Tourism free Tennessee Playcation Kid's Guide at DollyPlaycation.com to enter as 10 random copies of the guide will contain Dolly's Butterfly Tickets. Each of the 10 ticket recipients will win a two-night Dollywood Resort stay for opening weekend 2025, VIP experience for four at the park, four Gold season passes, a signed guitar inspired by Dolly, a Pigeon Forge Attractions Pass and a swag bag. Watch the announcement video here or in the media player above. Click on the promo photo for a larger view. In a press release, Dolly said: "I love making dreams come true, and this is a chance for families to dream big and plan their perfect Tennessee vacation at one of my favorite places – Dollywood. I'm tickled to be part of this adventure and help create some memories that will last a lifetime. There's nothing quite like spending time with family, and I'm just thrilled to give folks a little something special with these Butterfly Tickets!"
New Overseas Interviews
Dolly made the British press a couple of times this week with The Guardian running a story based on reader-submitted questions here and ITV's Lorraine airing an interview viewable here or in the media player above.
'Good Lookin' Cookin'' Still In NYT Top 10 Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner loses four places to No. 9 in its sixth week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List. The Publisher's Weekly's Best Seller List was not available as of press time Sunday night.
Dolly Contributes Another $1 Million To Helene Relief Last week, Luke Combs and Eric Church headlined the Concert for Carolinas benefit for Hurricane Helene relief for western North Carolina and while Dolly wasn't there in person, she did send a donation of her third $1 million. The funds come from her $100 million prize from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Previously, she had given $1 million personally and $1 million from her businesses. Read more here.
New Jewelry Line Is Coming Dolly is launching a new jewelry line with Kendra Scott, The Dallas News reported here.
Dolly's 'Christmas Carol' Returns To Vancouver Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre Company has announced its holiday season will kick off with a return of Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, which had previously played the theater and will run from Nov. 14 through Dec. 24 this year. Learn more here.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, slips three to No. 14 Top 200 Albums in the Nov. 2 Billboard numbers released Tuesday. The collection also gains one to No. 10 streaming, No. 28 album sales, and No. 24 current album sales, holding steady at No. 3 country albums while falling one No. 5 Canadian albums.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, loses four to No. 42 country albums and one on the Americana/folk albums list to No. 16.
This season's Holiday Albums Chart debuts this week, with A Holly, Dolly Christmas coming in at No. 34 for a 45th chart week.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady at No. 3 country, while Cowboy Carter falls off the top 40 Australian country albums list, down from No. 37. Malone's album inches up one to No. 27 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Malone's album drops 34 places to No. 70 U.K. pop albums, one to No. 78 downloads, and 31 to No. 58 streaming albums, holding steady at No. 3 country. Beyonce's album slides one to No. 14 U.K. country albums and six to No. 11 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 hold steady at No. 2, her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection stay at No. 6, the Original Album Series from Linda Ronstadt stay at No. 12 and the Original Album Series from Emmylou Harris re-enter the top 20 at No. 19.
Oct. 28: Dolly Wins Grammys' Peace Through Music Award
Dolly was recognized Friday at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles as the Recording Academy and U.S. Department of State's 2024 Peace Through Music Award, which honors an American music industry professional, artist or group who has played an invaluable role in cross-cultural exchanges and whose music works to advance peace and mutual understanding globally. Dolly could not attend the ceremony but accepted the honor via video, viewable on YouTube here or in the media player above.
In a press release, the two organizations celebrated Dolly, saying she embodies the award's themes of understanding, peace, inclusion and unity as exemplified by her service to others in distributing books to children through her Imagination Library and funding the COVID-19 vaccine's preliminary research.
"Over the course of her career, Dolly Parton has been committed to enriching communities across the globe, and it's a privilege to celebrate her dedication to service with the PEACE Through Music Award today," said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. "We are grateful to partner with the Department of State on the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative, which represents an important part of the Academy's work to support music people across the globe."
"Dolly Parton represents the best of America — her excellence in music, her servant's heart in giving back to those in need, and her unique ability to always bring people together," said Lee Satterfield, Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. "On behalf of the American people and Secretary of State Blinken, we are honored to celebrate all of her contributions to people around the world with the PEACE Through Music Award in partnership with the Recording Academy.
In addition to this latest honor, Dolly has won 10 regular Grammy Awards plus the Lifetime Achievement Grammy. Her 54 career nominations is the second-most ever for a female artist, exceeded only by Beyonce. Also, she has five songs or albums inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was the Recording Academy's MusiCares Person of the Year in 2019.
Dolly Tracks Submitted To Grammys Revealed Grammy nominations will be announced Nov. 8 and Dolly could have several. Already the second-most nominated woman in the history of the Grammy Awards, behind only Beyonce, The Hollywood Reporter last week detailed here the entries for several artists this year, including Dolly:
Album of the Year: Dolly's Rockstar and two projects on which she appears, Beyonce's and Post Malone's F 1 Trillion, were all submitted for consideration. The only nomination she has previously had in that category was 1987's Trio.
Best Country Album: Both Beyonce and Post Malone's albums have also been entered in this category.
Best R&B Song: Beyonce's "Tyrant" featuring Dolly (who gives a quick spoken into on the song) has been submitted here but it is a songwriter's award so Dolly wouldn't be credited if nominated.
Song of the Year: "Powerful Women" with Pitbill (again, this is a songwriter's award but Dolly is credited on the single as a songwriter due to its use of her "9 To 5," and presumably she wrote her own spoken verse in it)
Best pop duo/group performance: "Wrecking Ball" with Miley Cyrus, "Powerful Women" with Pitbull, "Step by Step" with Natalie Grant, and "Midnight Blue" with Melissa Manchester have all been submitted for consideration.
Best rock performance: "Night Moves" with Chris Stapleton
Best engineered album (non-classical): Rockstar (award and nomination to engineer, so Dolly wouldn't be credited)
First Round Of Dolly Symphony Cities Announced Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs In Symphony has scheduled its first season of performances nationwide, Variety first revealed in a report here. (Provided photo; click on it for larger version.) As was previously reported, the reinterpretation of Dolly's music in symphonic arrangements will premiere in Nashville on March 20. Pre-sale tickets to Nashville Symphony insiders sold out this week and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday. Dolly is scheduled to appear in person at the Nashville premiere but not at the other performances, which will feature stories from her in pre-recorded video as well as guest vocalists performing some of the songs. In the announcement, Dolly said: "The threads of my life are woven together through my songs. That's why this project… is so special to me. It's all about sharing my music and my musical journey with audiences in a new way. I'm really excited for fans to experience it for the first time with the Nashville Symphony." The itinerary is as follows:
March 20, 2025: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
May 17, 2025: Fort Wayne Philharmonic
June 17, 2025: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
June 29, 2025: San Diego Symphony Orchestra
September 7, 2025: The Cleveland Orchestra
September 18-20, 2025: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
October 10, 2025: The Alabama Symphony Orchestra (Birmingham)
January 23-25, 2026: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
February 14-15, 2026: Oregon Symphony (Portland)
March 28, 2026: Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
May 1, 2026: Eugene, Ore., Symphony Orchestra
Dollywood Lays Out 40th Season Although details of its next ride addition, which has been making its way through city approvals, have yet to be made public, Dollywood last week revealed the first of its 40th season changes for 2025 when it opens with Season Passholder Preview Day March 14 and the public opening March 15. In a press release, Dolly commented: "I can't believe that we've been making memories for folks here at my Dollywood for 40 years. That's a lot of laughter, hugs and smiles, and I'm glad that we've been able to be part of it for so many years. When we opened Dollywood, the main thing I wanted to do was to give families a fun place where they could enjoy time spent together. I'm so proud of all the people who have worked to make Dollywood what it is today, and I want to thank all the guests who have supported us and trusted us to help them create those days they'll never forget. And just think, I spent opening day watching the parking lot because I was worried that people might not show up. But look at how far we've come since then—and we're just getting started!"
A new 40th anniversary show will run from Memorial Day through the end of the summer highlighting moments from guest-favorite shows that have entertained fans throughout the 40 years.
A redesigned drone and fireworks show will join the Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration.
Each operating day will see a new opening ceremony.
Imagination Playhouse, musicals with songs by Dolly and based on selections from her Imagination Library, will become a permanent fixture instead of just a summer show, with performances from March through the end of September with a rotation of the shows that have been presented from the program over the years.
"Heartsong" will move from its longtime theater over to the Dreamsong Theatre to co-locate with "Heidi Parton's Kin & Friends" as part of The Dolly Parton Experience complex.
Also in celebration of the 40th anniversary, "Heartsong: The Movie" will be remastered and moved—appropriately—to Dreamsong Theater as part of The Dolly Parton Experience. "Heartsong: The Movie" will run in conjunction with "Heidi Parton's Kin & Friends."
The Country Fair area will be refreshed and will be renamed and re-themed Candy Corn Country during the Harvest Festival and Peppermint Valley during Smoky Mountain Christmas.
This year's Golden Ticket Winner for Best New Show, "From The Heart: The Life & Music of Dolly Parton," will return for a run in Celebrity Theater from March 15 through June 8.
Festivals will feature the I Will Always Love You Music Festival March 15-April 13
The season begins with the I Will Always Love You Music Festival, March 15- April 13, Flower & Food Festival April 18-June 8, Smoky Mountain Summer Celebration June 14-Aug. 3 (with return of the bubble show, this year called "Bubble Evolution," and Perondi's stunt dogs), Harvest Festival and Great Pumpkin LumiNights Sept. 12-Oct. 27, and Smoky Mountain Christmas Nov. 1-Jan. 4.
Including the passholder preview, the park is scheduled to operate 273 days for the 2025 season versus 280 this season, as opening weekend is one week later but closing is the same.
Season pass renewal presales ended Sunday night and public season pass sales for the 2025 season started on Monday. The park is open today but will close Tuesday for final preparations to open this year's Smoky Mountain Christmas fest, which begins on Friday.
Dollywood's Splash Country water park last week was presented the Al Turner Memorial Commitment to Excellence Award by the World Waterpark Association to honor individuals, parks or organizations that provide leadership or fostered a sense of community.
Dolly's dinner theatres in Pigeon Forge, Branson, and Myrtle Beach transition this week to their Christmas shows. At the flagship Stampede in Pigeon Forge, the holiday shows run Oct. 30-Jan. 4. In a press release, Dolly noted: "I love Christmas, and part of what I love is thinking about those great memories from Christmases when I was a kid and also looking forward to new holiday memories I'm going to get to make with my family this year. When folks come to my Stampede show – that's what they find: parts of the show that have become family-favorite traditions for them and brand-new surprises like our ice skaters. This year, I hope we'll bring even more families together to make more precious times to remember. Want to know my favorite part of my Stampede show this time of year? It's where our great performers celebrate the holiday's true meaning with a full-scale living Nativity that will transport everyone back to that first Christmas. I love hearing from so many families that tell us this show has become a treasured part of their annual holiday traditions."
'Cookin'' Nears 100,000 Copies, Still On Best Seller Lists Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner regains five spots to No. 5 in its fifth week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List. The title also inches down one to No. 15 in its fifth week on Publisher's Weekly's Best Seller Non-Fiction List thanks to 8,178 copies sold, bringing its five-week total to 93,925. The book could pass 100,000 copies sold next week, its sixth.
New Interviews With 'People,' 'Good Housekeeping,' 'Elle' Dolly has a new interview with People on her new make-up line, Dolly Beauty. Check it out here. She has a Christmas-inspired interview with Good Housekeepinghere and an interview about her new wine line with Ellehere.
Dolly Joins Fallon Holiday Special Dec. 4 NBC has announced Jimmy Fallon will promote his holiday album coming out Friday, Holiday Seasoning, featuring his Dolly's duet "Almost Too Early For Christmas," with a televised Christmas special to air at 10 p.m. Eastern Dec. 4 after Christmas In Rockefeller Center. Dolly will appear on Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular, presumably to sing the duet (although they had previously also recorded "All I Want For Christmas Is You"). No word on whether the performance will be new or a repeat of the sketch they appeared in together for Dolly's 2022 Emmy-nominated holiday film Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas.
Tennessee's Imagination Library Anniversary Recognized The three most recent governors of Tennessee, Democrat Phil Bredesen who took Dolly's Imagination Library statewide and his successors Republicans Bill Haslam and Bill Lee, who have continued to promote the program as part of the state's early childhood education strategy, last week celebrated the 20th anniversary of Tennessee becoming the first in the nation to take it statewide and the 55 million books distributed to children in the state in those two deacades. Read more from The Tennesseanhere.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, slips four to No. 11 Top 200 Albums in the Oct. 26 Billboard numbers released Tuesday. The collection also loses five to No. 11 streaming and one to No. 3 country albums and holding steady at No. 29 sales and No. 4 Canadian albums while gaining one to No. 25 current sales.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, falls out of the top 200 albums chart after 28 weeks on the tally, down from No. 190, losing five to No. 38 country albums and rising one on the Americana/folk albums list to No. 15.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion inches up one to No. 3 country, while Cowboy Carter slides two to No. 37 Australian country albums. Malone's album falls six to No. 28 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Malone's album ascends nine to No. 36 U.K. pop albums, three to No. 77 downloads, and 15 to No. 27 streaming albums, losing one to No. 3 country and falling off the sales chart, down from No. 90. Beyonce's album slides three to No. 13 U.K. country albums and gains one to No. 5 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 hold steady at No. 2, while her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection slides one to No. 6, and the Original Album Series sees Linda Ronstadt's volume gain one to No. 12.
Oct. 21: 'Shots' And 'Bad' Released As New Singles
After releasing two new singles last week, Dolly did it again this week, putting out two new collaborations on Friday: "Til The Last Shot's Fired" with Scotty Hasting and Lee Brice and "Not Bad" with cousin Shelley Rena. Check out "Shot's," a cover of a Trace Adkins song, streaming on YouTube here or in the media player above, and download it from yout favorite retailer including Amazon here. "Bad," available for streaming from YouTube here or in the media player below and for download from your favorite retailer including Amazon, is from next month's Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables album, for which producer Richie Owens gave an interview to Garden & Gunhere.
Dolly Wines Promoted Down Under
Dolly was making the interview rounds remotely in Australia this week to promote the launch of her sparkling wine Down Under in the new Dolly wines collection. Check out interviews with Weekend Sunrisehere or in the media player above and with The Morning Showhere or in the media player below.
'Good Lookin'' Remains On Best Seller Lists Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner loses six places to No. 10 in its fourth week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List. The title also falls four to No. 14 in its fourth week on Publisher's Weekly's Best Seller Non-Fiction List thanks to 10,079 copies sold, bringing its four-week total to 85,747. The sisters were interviewed about the project by Real Simplehere and Food & Winehere.
'Rolling Stone' Predicts Dolly Nom For Best Rock Album The music experts at Rolling Stone are predicting a nomination for Dolly for Best Rock Album at the Grammys when next year's nods are revealed in a couple of weeks. The magazine opined here that they think her Rockstar will compete against Blink-182's One More Time,Green Day's Saviors, Pearl Jam's Dark Matter, and The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds, which they expect will and should win.
Dolly's Beauty Expands Again Dolly's Beauty make-up line last week premiered two new products: mascara and eye liner. Check them out here.
British Libraries Honor Dolly Dolly is among this year's Honorary Fellowship award winners from CILIP, the British Library association, in appreciation for her Imagination Library early childhood literacy program. Read more here.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Charts Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, inches down one to No. 7 Top 200 Albums in the Oct. 19 Billboard numbers released Tuesday. The collection also loses one to No. 6 streaming and two to No. 4 Canadian albums, holding steady at No. 2 country albums and rising one to No. 29 sales and two to No. 26 current sales.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, falls eight to No. 190 on the top 200 albums list and one to No. 33 country albums, holding steady on the Americana/folk albums list at No. 16.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion holds steady ato No. 4 country, while Cowboy Carter inches up one to No. 35 Australian country albums. Malone's album dips five to No. 22 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Malone's album regains one place to No. 45 U.K. pop albums and two to No., 80 downloads but falling off the physical sales list, down from No. 95. The set re-enters the Scottish albums chart at No. 78, slipping one to No. 42 streaming albums, eight to No. 90 overall sales, and one to No. 2 country albums. Beyonce's album gains two to No. 10 U.K. country albums and to No. 6 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 hold steady at No. 2, while her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection gain one to No. 5, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe fall out of the top 20, down from No. 15, and the Original Album Series sees Linda Ronstadt's volume inch down one to No. 13,while Emmylou Harris's two volumes drop back off the top 20, down from No. 17 and No. 19.
Oct. 14: Country 'Gonna Be You' Single Drops
After being mistakenly posted to YouTube and social media briefly a month and a half ago and then abruptly pulled, Dolly's country version of "Gonna Be You" with Maddie & Tae, Jessie James Decker, and Callie Twisselman was officially released Friday. Stream here or in the media player above and download from Amazon here or from other digital music services. To celebrate the release, Dolly also released a half-hour conversation with the four collaborators titled "Dolly: God, Family, and Show Business." Watch the special here or in the media player below.
New 'I Will Always Love You' Collab Hits
But that's not the only new music she released on Friday, as her collaboration on a new version of "I Will Always Love You" with pianist Alex-Zsolt featuring Charles Billingsley with additional accompaniment from the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The first verse is a piano instrumental, with Billingsley taking the second verse and chorus before Dolly recites the third verse as on her original and sings in the chorus through the end of the song. Stream it on YouTube here or in the media player above and download it from Amazon here or from your favorite digital retailer.
Another 'DNA' Track Surfaces
And that's still not the only new music we can sample, thanks to Dolly's genderqueer niece Rebecca Sevier, who also runs her aunt's archives and co-wrote her book on her costumes. Rebecca performs as a cis-fem drag queen and debuted their and Dolly's collaboration from the upcoming Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA -- Family, Faith & Fables project: "Where Will We Live Tomorrow" at Knox Pride, sharing the video of the lip-synch performance to social media here or in the media player above.
'Cookin'' Sells Another 10,000 Copies Good Lookin' Cookin' by Dolly, Rachel Parton George, and Maurice Miner inches back up one to No. 4 in its third week on the New York Times Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers List. The title also falls four to No. 10 in its third week on Publisher's Weekly's Best Seller Non-Fiction List thanks to 10,144 copies sold, bringing its three-week total to 75,668.
Halsey Dresses As 'Rainbow' Dolly Singer Halsey is introducing her new album The Great Impersonator by releasing a photo a day of her recreating iconic album covers of the artists whose music inspired each track on the album, and she started with Dolly, imitating her 1987 Rainbow album cover. Check out the image from Rolling Stonehere.
Dolly Duet On Fallon Holiday Album Jimmy Fallon has announced he will release a Christmas album, Holiday Seasoning, Nov. 1 including his and Dolly's duet "Almost Too Early For Christmas" from two years ago. No word on whether they have any other collaborations on the album.
U.S., U.K., Aussie Chart Updates Post Malone's country album F 1 Trillion, featuring a Dolly duet, will slip to No. 7 in Tuesday's charts with 43,000 credited units last week (3,000 sold and 40,000 streaming equivalents. In last week's Oct. 12 charts released last Tuesday, the album fell two to No. 6 Top 200 Albums, one to No. 2 country albums and one to No. 5 streaming, holding steady at No. 2 Canadian albums, No. 30 sales and No. 28 current sales.
Beyonce's Cowboy Carter, with a "Jolene" cover and Dolly voice-overs, loses 11 to No. 182 on the top 200 albums list and two to No. 32 country albums, re-entering the Americana/folk albums list at No. 16.
Down Under, Post Malone's F 1 Trillion declines one to No. 4 country, while Cowboy Carter slips five to No. 36 Australian country albums. Malone's album dips three to No. 17 Australian pop albums.
Across the pond, Malone's album loses eight spots to No. 46 U.K. pop albums, 12 to No. 41 streaming albums, 11 to No. 95 physical sales, 10 to No. 82 overall sales, and 18 to No. 82 downloads, gaining two to retake No. 1 country albums. Beyonce's album gains one to No. 12 U.K. country albums and holds steady at No. 8 Americana albums. The U.K. country compilations tally sees Very Best Of Dolly Parton Vol. 1 slide one to No. 2, while her Diamonds & Rhinestones, The Greatest Hits Collection loses two to No. 6, The Complete Trio Collection Deluxe dips two to No. 15, and the Original Album Series sees Linda Ronstadt's volume rise five to No. 12, Emmylou Harris's first volume lose two to No. 17, and Emmylou's second volume inch up one to No. 19.
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