SCORES #1 COUNTRY ALBUM IN AUSTRALIA
WITH BLUE SMOKE RELEASE
Parton adds legendary Glastonbury Festival to European Schedule
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. (March 6, 2014) – Dolly Parton, the most honored female country
performer of all time, has topped the New Zealand all-genre album chart
with the release of her latest album Blue Smoke. In addition,
the musical masterpiece topped the Australian Country album chart for
four consecutive weeks and hit #7 on the overall all genre album chart.
Blue Smoke will be released in the United States on May 13, 2014.
After returning from a busy schedule in New Zealand and Australia,
where Dolly performed to capacity crowds, Dolly announced she will make
an appearance at the legendary Glastonbury Festival while touring Europe
this summer.
Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards,
Dolly 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
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.
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.