DOLLY PARTON RECEIVES 100 MILLION ALBUM SALES AWARD DURING GLASTONBURY APPEARANCE
SOMERSET, UK (June 29, 2014) – The most celebrated female in country music history, Dolly Parton,
receives, yet, another accolade for RIAA gold, platinum, and
multi-platinum career sales of more than 100 million albums worldwide.
While attending the historic Glastonbury Music Festival, Dolly took time
to speak to journalists before hitting the Pyramid stage in front of a
crowd exceeding 100,000 music loving fans. During Dolly’s press event,
BBC2 Radio’s Lauren Laverne introduced CTK Management CEO and Dolly
Records President Danny Nozell and Glastonbury owner Michael Eavis who
made the special plaque presentation which commemorated her sales of 100
million albums worldwide.
“I’ve been so busy making records for the past several decades, I
didn’t realize I had racked up so many sales. What a great honor to
know that I have so many fans that have supported me through the years.
Thanks to the RIAA for the acknowledgment and the plaque I feel very
honored and proud,” says Dolly Parton.
2014 has continued to bring Dolly career milestones as her 42nd studio album, BLUE SMOKE,
is her highest charting solo album ever in both the United States
(landing at #6 on Billboard Top 200) and in the United Kingdom (landing
at #6 on the UK official chart).
Parton’s chart history on the Top Country Albums chart is more
befitting of her living-legend status: She’s notched 42 top 10 albums,
with six of them going to No. 1. On the Hot Country Songs chart, she
holds the record for the most No. 1s among women, with 25.
About Dolly Parton:
Dolly is the most honored female country performer of all time.
Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards,
she has had 25 songs reach number 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a
record for a female artist. She has 42 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 reportedly topped a staggering 100 million records
world-wide. 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.
Dolly’s career has spanned nearly 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.