Artist

Dolly Parton

Wins

Nominations

Biography

"My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved."

Born Dolly Rebecca Parton Jan. 19, 1946, in Locust Ridge, Tennessee.

Dolly Parton's 1977 studio album, Here You Come Again, was her first to hit the Top 20 on the Billboard 200. The album featured hits such as the title track, which reached No. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100, and "Two Doors Down" (No. 19).

At the 21st GRAMMY Awards, Parton won her first career GRAMMY for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for "Here You Come Again." Parton made her GRAMMY stage debut at the 43rd GRAMMY Awards in 2001, performing "Travelin' Prayer."

Parton's "9 To 5," the title song to the 1980 blockbuster film of the same name, won two GRAMMYs. The song was also nominated for an original song Oscar.

Two of Parton's songs, "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You," have been inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame. She received the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

Launching in 1995, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has become the premier early childhood book gifting program in the world by mailing more than 80 million books in Australia, Canada, the U.K., and the United States.

All Grammy Awards and Nominations for Dolly Parton

2025 • 67th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

Behind The Seams: My Life In Rhinestones. Dolly Parton

2024 • 66th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Country Solo Performance

The Last Thing On My Mind. Dolly Parton

2023 • 65th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best American Roots Performance

Someday It'll All Make Sense (Bluegrass Version). Bill Anderson, Dolly Parton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Does He Love You - Revisited. Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton

2022 • 64th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

A Holly Dolly Christmas. Dolly Parton

2021 • 63rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

There Was Jesus. Zach Williams, Dolly Parton, Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith

2020 • 62nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

God Only Knows. Josh Kerr, Jordan Reynolds, Joel Smallbone, Luke Smallbone, Tedd Tjornhom
Best Song Written For Visual Media

Girl In The Movies. Dolly Parton, Linda Perry

2017 • 59th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Jolene. Pentatonix, Dolly Parton

2014 • 56th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

You Can't Make Old Friends. Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton

2010 • 52nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Musical Theater Album

9 To 5 The Musical. Dolly Parton, Alex Lacamoire, Stephen Oremus

2007 • 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Collaboration With Vocal

Tomorrow Is Forever. Solomon Burke, Dolly Parton
Best Song Written For Visual Media

Travelin' Thru (From Transamerica). Dolly Parton

2005 • 47th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Collaboration With Vocal

Creepin' In. Norah Jones, Dolly Parton

2004 • 46th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

I'm Gone. Dolly Parton

2003 • 45th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Dagger Through The Heart. Dolly Parton
Best Contemporary Country Album

Halos & Horns. Dolly Parton

2002 • 44th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Shine. Dolly Parton
Best Bluegrass Album

Little Sparrow. Dolly Parton

2001 • 43rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Travelin' Prayer (Track). Dolly Parton
Best Bluegrass Album

The Grass Is Blue. Dolly Parton

2000 • 42nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Collaboration With Vocal

After The Gold Rush. Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton
Best Contemporary Country Album

Trio II (Album). Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton

1996 • 38th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Collaboration With Vocal

I Will Always Love You (Track). Dolly Parton, Vince Gill

1995 • 37th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Collaboration With Vocal

Silver Threads And Golden Needles (Single). Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette

1994 • 36th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Collaboration With Vocal

Romeo (Single). Dolly Parton, Tanya Tucker, Kathy Mattea, Billy Ray Cyrus, Pam Tillis

1992 • 34th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Country Song

Eagle When She Flies (Single). Dolly Parton
Country Collaboration With Vocal

Rockin' Years (Single). Dolly Parton, Ricky Van Shelton

1990 • 32nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That (Single). Dolly Parton

1988 • 30th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Album Of The Year

Trio (Album). Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt
Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Trio. Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris

1986 • 28th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Real Love (Album). Dolly Parton
Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Real Love (Track). Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers

1985 • 27th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Tennessee Homesick Blues (Single). Dolly Parton

1984 • 26th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Islands In The Stream (Single). Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
Female Country Vocal Performance

Burlap And Satin (Album). Dolly Parton

1983 • 25th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

I Will Always Love You (Single). Dolly Parton

1982 • 24th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Song Of The Year

9 To 5. Dolly Parton
Female Country Vocal Performance

9 To 5. Dolly Parton
Best Country Song

9 To 5. Dolly Parton
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

9 To 5 (Album). Charles Fox, Dolly Parton

1979 • 21st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Here You Come Again. Dolly Parton

1978 • 20th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher (Track). Dolly Parton
Female Pop Vocal Performance

Here You Come Again (Single). Dolly Parton

1977 • 19th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

All I Can Do (Album). Dolly Parton

1976 • 18th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Jolene (Track). Dolly Parton

1975 • 17th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Jolene (Track). Dolly Parton

1974 • 16th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

If Teardrops Were Pennies (Single). Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner

1973 • 15th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Touch Your Woman (Single). Dolly Parton

1972 • 14th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Better Move It On Home (Single). Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton
Best Inspirational Performance

Golden Streets Of Glory (Album). Dolly Parton
Female Country Vocal Performance

Joshua (Single). Dolly Parton

1971 • 13th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Female Country Vocal Performance

Mule Skinner Blues. Dolly Parton
Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals

Daddy Was An Old-Time Preacher Man. Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton