The Evolution Of Dolly Parton

Awards

The album Trio pushed Parton’s success to the next level in 1987 as she spent five weeks at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard’s Country Albums chart. The album had four Top 10 country hits. It won the Grammy Award for the Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

After putting out hit records during the 1990s, Dolly was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. She then went on to create bluegrass albums, some of which won a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album and a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Songwriting Career

Parton’s career started out in songwriting and it was never far away from her over the years. Her song “I Will Always Love You” has been heard many times, such as in The Bodyguard (sung by Whitney Houston), LeAnn Rimes sang a version on her album Unchained Melody: The Early Years, and Kenny Rogers sang it as well on his album Vote for Love.

Parton has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1980 and 2005, for the songs “9 to 5” and “Travelin’ Thru.” The latter song was also nominated for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award and the Golden Globe for Best Original song in 2005.