Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and philanthropist.
A "country legend", Parton has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time
Parton won eleven Grammy Awards, ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, five Academy of Country Music Awards (including Entertainer of the Year), four People's Choice Awards, three American Music Awards. She received one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards.
In 2005, Parton received the National Medal of Arts.
She was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Parton co-owns The Dollywood Company.
She has founded charitable and philanthropic organizations:
–The Dollywood Foundation.
–The American Eagle Foundation
–2016 – My People Fund -The Smoky Mountains Rise
–2016 – Special Merit Scholarship
– 2017 – Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
– 2020 – Coronavirus research @ Vanderbilt University, helped fund Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.
– 2021 – Middle Tennessee Flooding Relief
– 2022 – Dollywood Education Coverage
– 2022 – Pediatric Infectious Disease Research
– 2022 – Pediatric Infectious Disease Research
– 2022 – Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy