Dolly Parton set to perform on 'The Tonight Show' starring Jimmy Fallon August 23
Dolly Parton, the most honored female country performer of all time, has received 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards and landed 25 songs at number 1 on the Billboard Country charts. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during her Hall of Fame career have topped a staggering 100 million records worldwide. She has garnered 7 Grammy Awards, 10 Country Music Association Awards, 5 Academy of Country Music Awards, 3 American Music Awards and is one of only five female artists to win the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year Award. Dolly was inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. And the litany goes on.
Today, Parton releases her 43rd studio album, PURE & SIMPLE, with appearances scheduled next week on “TODAY,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Fox & Friends,” “Access Hollywood,” “Celebrity Page,” “CMT Top 20 Countdown,” “GAC Great American Playlist,” “Fox NewsEdge,” CBS Newspath, CNN and many more!
Dolly’s career has spanned over five decades and is showing no signs of slowing down. An internationally-renowned superstar, the iconic and irrepressible Parton has contributed countless treasures to the worlds of music, film and television. Some of her hit films have included Nine to Five, Steel Magnolias, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, Straight Talk, and Joyful Noise. Parton received two Oscar® nominations – one for writing the title tune to Nine to Five and the other for Travelin’ Thru from the film Transamerica.
