DOLLY PARTON SET TO CHAT WITH MUSIC LOVERS
THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH AT 4PM (CT)
PRIOR TO ONE-HOUR LIVE PERFORMANCE SPECIAL ON QVC
FANS CAN TWEET QUESTIONS TO @DOLLYPARTON USING #AskDolly
Tenn. (April 24, 2014) – Dolly Parton, one of the most innovative,
creative, and trendsetting artists in pop culture, will participate in @TwitterMusic‘s
“Legends on Twitter” series to host her first-ever Twitter Q&A with
music lovers on Sunday, April 27th at 4pm (CT), just prior to her
scheduled live performance on QVC® during the “Dolly Parton Q Sessions
Live from Nashville – featuring ‘Blue Smoke’” broadcast. Fans can join
the conversation by submitting questions directly to Dolly at http://bit.ly/DollyQA, or by tweeting using the hashtag #AskDolly.
Dolly’s ever growing Twitter fan base includes over 3 million
followers, proving why Dolly is the most sought after and 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
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 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.