Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress, and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. She has composed over 3,000 songs including "I Will Always Love You", "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", "9 to 5", and "My Tennessee Mountain Home". She is one of the most successful female country artists of all time; with an estimated 100 million in album sales, Dolly Parton is also one of the best selling artists of all time. She is known as "The Queen of Country Music" and she has released 106 singles and 45 music videos.

In 1964, Parton released a series of singles including her 1965 single "Happy Happy Birthday Baby". In 1967, Parton's debut solo album, Hello, I'm Dolly, was released. The album featured "Dumb Blonde" and "Something Fishy" which reached No. 24 and No. 17.

Parton would be asked to co-host of the syndicated country music television show The Porter Wagoner Show. With Wagoner, they recorded 12 albums together and had a series of Top 10 hits on the country charts during the late 60s and early 70s, including "The Last Thing on My Mind," "Tomorrow is Forever," and "Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man." By the early 1970s, her solo hits began regularly appearing in the top ten including "Joshua", "Coat of Many Colors", "Touch Your Woman", "Traveling Man" and "Jolene". In mid-1974, Parton parted ways with Wagoner and his show in order to expand her career as a solo artist, writing and recording the No. 1 hit, "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute to Wagoner.

Her 1977 single, "Here You Come Again", would hit No. 1 on the country chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, helping to produce a string of crossover hits in the late 70s and early 80s, including "Two Doors Down," "Heartbreaker," "You're the Only One," "9 to 5" and "But You Know I Love You."

Partonw ould return to her traditional country music roots with the album, White Limozeen, which spawned the No. 1 singles, "Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses," and was certified Platinum. She released two more traditional-oriented albums, Eagle When She Flies in 1991 and Slow Dancing with the Moon in 1993.

She recorded a series of Bluegrass albums, beginning with The Grass Is Blue in 1999, followed by Little Sparrow in 2001 and Halos & Horns in 2002. In 2007, she formed her own record label, Dolly Records and issued her first mainstream country album in over ten years, Backwoods Barbie. The album was released in 2008 and produced five singles including the minor country hit, "Better Get to Livin'," which peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard country chart.

Parton shares the record for the most No. 1 hits by a female country artist with Reba McEntire. Parton also holds the record for most Top 10 country albums on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. She previously held the record for the most Top 10 hits by a female country artist until Reba McEntire surpassed her in 2009 with her 56th Top 10 hit, "Cowgirls Don't Cry" with Brooks & Dunn.