Dolly Parton albums discography

Dolly Parton discography

Dolly Parton in Nashville, 2005.
Releases
↙Studio albums	58
↙Live albums	4
↙Compilation albums	24

The albums discography of country music singer Dolly Parton consists of 58 studio albums, four live albums, and twenty-four compilation albums. In addition to these solo albums, she has also released numerous collaboration albums. Of the sixteen collaboration albums, twelve of which were with country music singer Porter Wagoner. These albums were released form 1969 until 1980.

With the continued success in the 1980's, Parton's subsequent albums in the later part of the 1990s were lower in sales. At this time, country pop ruled the country albums and singles chart. However, in the new millennium, Parton achieved success again. She has released albums on independent labels since 2000, including albums on her own label, Dolly Records.

Studio albums

1960s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	US [1]
Hello, I'm Dolly	Release date: February 1967 Label: Monument Records Formats: LP	11	—
Just Because I'm a Woman	Release date: April 1968 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	22	—
In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)	Release date: February 1969 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	15	—
My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy	Release date: September 1969 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	6	194
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [1]	US [1]	CAN Country [2]	CAN [3]	SWE [4]
The Fairest of Them All	Release date: February 1970 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	13	—	—	—	—
Golden Streets of Glory	Release date: February 1971 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	22	—	—	—	—
Joshua	Release date: April 1971 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	16	198	—	24	—
Coat of Many Colors	Release date: October 1971 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	7	—	—	—	—
Touch Your Woman	Release date: March 1972 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	19	—	—	—	—
My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner	Release date: October 1972 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	33	—	—	—	—
My Tennessee Mountain Home	Release date: March 1973 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	19	—	—	—	—
Bubbling Over	Release date: September 1973 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	14	—	—	—	—
Jolene	Release date: February 1974 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	6	—	—	—	—
Love Is Like a Butterfly	Release date: September 1974 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	7	—	—	—	—
The Bargain Store	Release date: February 1975 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	9	—	—	—	—
Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To	Release date: September 1975 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	14	—	—	—	—
All I Can Do	Release date: August 1976 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	3	—	—	—	—
New Harvest...First Gathering	Release date: February 1977 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	1	71	—	—	—
Here You Come Again	Release date: October 1977 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track	1	20	—	12	—	CAN: Gold[5] US: Platinum[6]
Heartbreaker	Release date: July 1978 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette	1	27	1	20	—	CAN: Gold[5] US: Gold[6]
Great Balls of Fire	Release date: May 1979 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette	4	40	1	28	—	US: Gold[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [1]	US [1]	CAN Country [2]	CAN [3]	SWE [4]
Dolly, Dolly, Dolly	Release date: April 1980 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette	7	71	1	—	—
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs	Release date: November 1980 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette	1	11	36	15	15	CAN: Gold[5] US: Gold[6]
Heartbreak Express	Release date: April 1982 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette	5	106	—	—	41
Burlap & Satin	Release date: May 1983 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette	5	127	—	—	—
The Great Pretender	Release date: January 1984 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette, CD	7	73	—	69	9
Real Love	Release date: February 1985 Label: RCA Victor Records Formats: LP, 8-track, cassette, CD	9	—	—	—	30
Rainbow	Release date: November 1987 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD	18	153	—	83	—
White Limozeen	Release date: May 1989 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD	3	—	18	—	—	US: Gold[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [7]	US [8]	CAN Country [2]	UK Country [9]	UK [9]
Eagle When She Flies	Release date: March 1991 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP, cassette, CD	1	24	—	—	—	CAN: Gold[5] US: Platinum[6]
Slow Dancing with the Moon	Release date: February 1993 Label: Columbia Records Formats: Cassette, CD	4	16	7	—	—	CAN: Gold[5] US: Platinum[6]
Something Special	Release date: August 1995 Label: Columbia/Blue Eye Records Formats: Cassette, CD	10	54	7	—	—
Treasures	Release date: September 24, 1996 Label: Rising Tide/Blue Eye Records Formats: Cassette, CD	21	122	24	19	116
Hungry Again	Release date: August 25, 1998 Label: Decca/Blue Eye Records Formats: CD	23	167	—	3	41
The Grass Is Blue	Release date: October 26, 1999 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD	24	198	—	8	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions									Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [7]	US [8]	US B-grass [10]	US Indie [11]	CAN [12]	IRE [13]	SWE [4]	UK Country [9]	UK [9]
Little Sparrow	Release date: January 23, 2001 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD	12	97	12	3	—	—	27	1	30	UK: Silver[14]
Halos & Horns	Release date: July 9, 2002 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD	4	58	2	3	—	51	—	1	37
For God and Country	Release date: November 11, 2003 Label: Welk Music Group Formats: CD	23	167	—	6	—	—	—	—	—
Those Were the Days	Release date: October 11, 2005 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, digital download	9	48	—	2	94	—	24	3	35
Backwoods Barbie	Release date: February 26, 2008 Label: Dolly Records Formats: CD, digital download	2	17	—	2	—	60	57	2	35
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [7]	US [8]	IRE [13]	UK Country [9]	UK [15]
Better Day	Release date: June 28, 2011 Label: Dolly Records Formats: CD, LP, digital download	11	51	68	1	9

Holiday albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions						Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [7]	US [16]	US Holiday [17]	CAN Country [2]	CAN [3]	SWE [4]
Once Upon a Christmas (with Kenny Rogers)	Release date: November 1984 Label: RCA Records	12	31	4	6	46	40	CAN: 5× Platinum[5] US: 2× Platinum[6]
Home for Christmas	Release date: September 1, 1990 Label: Columbia Records	74	—	—	—	—	—	US: Gold[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	US [1]	US Indie [11]	CAN Country [2]	UK [9]
A Real Live Dolly	Release date: July 1970 Label: RCA Victor Records	32	154	—	—	—
Heartsongs: Live From Home	Release date: September 1, 1994 Label: Columbia Records	16	87	—	38	—
Live and Well	Release date: September 14, 2004 Label: Sugar Hill Records	22	161	12	—	169
Dolly: Live from London	Release date: November 10, 2009 Label: Dolly Records	36	195	25	40	33
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaboration albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [18]	US [19]	CAN Country [20]	CAN [21]	UK [22]
Just Between You and Me (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: January 1968 Label: RCA Victor Records	8	—	—	—	—
Just the Two of Us (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: September 1968 Label: RCA Victor Records	5	184	—	—	—
Always, Always (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: July 1969 Label: RCA Victor Records	5	162	—	—	—
Once More (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: August 1970 Label: RCA Victor Records	7	191	—	—	—
Two of a Kind (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: July 1971 Label: RCA Victor Records	13	142	—	—	—
The Right Combination/Burning the Midnight Oil (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: January 1972 Label: RCA Victor Records	6	—	—	—	—
Together Always (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: August 1972 Label: RCA Victor Records	3	—	—	—	—
We Found It (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: February 1973 Label: RCA Victor Records	20	—	—	—	—
Love and Music (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: July 1973 Label: RCA Victor Records	8	—	—	—	—
Porter 'n' Dolly (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: August 1974 Label: RCA Victor Records	8	—	—	—	—
Say Forever You'll Be Mine (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: 1975 Label: RCA Victor Records	6	—	—	—	—
Porter & Dolly (with Porter Wagoner)	Release date: July 1980 Label: RCA Victor Records	9	—	—	—	—
The Winning Hand (with Kris Kristofferson, Brenda Lee, and Willie Nelson)	Release date: December 1982 Label: Monument Records	4	109	—	—	—
Trio (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt)	Release date: March 1987 Label: Warner Bros. Records	1	6	—	4	60	US: Platinum[6]
Honky Tonk Angels (with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette)	Release date: November 2, 1993 label: Columbia Records	6	42	6	44	—	US: Gold[6]
Trio 2 (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt)	Release date: January 1999 Label: Asylum Records	4	62	4	—	—	CAN: Gold[5] US: Gold[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

1970s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions		Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [1]	UK [9]
As Long As I Love	Release date: January 1970 Label: Monument Records	—	—
The Best of Dolly Parton	Release date: November 1970 Label: RCA Victor Records	12	—	US: Gold[6]
The Best of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton	Release date: July 1971 Label: RCA Victor Records	7	—
Just the Way I Am	Release date: September 1972 Label: RCA Camden Records	—	—
Mine	Release date: September 1973 Label: RCA Camden Records	—	—
Best of Dolly Parton	Release date: July 1975 Label: RCA Victor Records	5	—
Dolly Parton / Both Sides	Release date: 1978 Label: RCA Victor Records	—	24	UK: Gold[23]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions				Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country [1]	US [1]	CAN [3]	UK [9]
Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits	Release date: September 21, 1982 Label: RCA Records	7	77	58	74	US: Platinum[6]
Collectors Series	Release date: 1985 Label: RCA Records	—	—	—	—
Think About Love	Release date: April 1986 Label: RCA Records	54	—	—	—
Best of Dolly Parton, Vol. 3	Release date: September 22, 1987 Label: RCA Records	—	—	—	—
The Best There Is	Release date: July 1987 Label: RCA Records	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	UK [9]
The Collection [Germany]	Release date: 1993 Label: RCA	—	—
The Greatest Hits	Release date: 1994 Label: Telestar Records	—	65
I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits	Release date: April 1996 Label: Columbia Records	47	—
The Ultimate Collection: A Life in Music	Release date: 1997 Label: RCA Records	—	38
Precious Memories	Release date: April 17, 1999 Label: Blue Eye/MCA Records	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [1]	US [1]	SWE [4]	UK [9]
Gold: The Hits Collection	Release date: 2001 Label: RCA Records	—	—	—	23
Ultimate Dolly Parton (Disc 1)	Release date: June 3, 2003 Label: RCA Nashville	20	130	8	17
Ultimate Dolly Parton (Disc 2)	Release date: June 3, 2003 Label: RCA Nashville	74	—	—	—
The Only Dolly Parton Album You'll Ever Need	Release date: June 7, 2004 (UK) Label: RCA Records	—	—	—	127
Legends	Release date: February 7, 2005 (UK) Label: RCA Records	—	—	—	190
The Acoustic Collection: 1999-2002	Release date: October 10, 2006 Label: Sugar Hill Records	—	—	—	—
Singer, Songwriter & Legendary Performer	Release date: February 25, 2007 Label: Dolly Records	—	—	—	—
The Very Best of Dolly Parton	Release date: March 25, 2007 Label: Sony BMG	—	—	1	8
16 Biggest Hits	Release date: August 7, 2007 Label: Legacy Recordings	32	—	—	—
Playlist: The Very Best of Dolly Parton	Release date: April 29, 2008 Label: Legacy Recordings	57	—	—	—
Backwoods Barbie: Collector's Edition	Release date: January 13, 2009 Label: Cracker Barrel	9	40	—	—
Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke	Release date: February 11, 2009 Label: Dolly Records	—	—	—	—
Dolly	Release date: October 27, 2009 Label: Sony Legacy	59	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Title	Details
Letter to Heaven: Songs of Faith & Inspiration	Release date: May 4, 2010 Label: Sony Legacy
Dolly Parton & Friends	Release date: June 2, 2011 Label: Unknown

References

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16. ^ Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Billboard 200:
    • "Kenny Rogers Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/kenny-rogers/chart-history/76013?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
17. ^ Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Billboard Holiday Albums:
    • "Kenny Rogers Album & Song Chart History - Holiday Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/kenny-rogers/chart-history/76013?f=325&g=Albums. Retrieved January 15, 2011. 
18. ^ Peak chart positions for collaboration albums on the Billboard Country Albums:
    • "Porter Wagoner : Allmusic : Billboard Albums". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/porter-wagoner-p135346/charts-awards. Retrieved January 16, 2011. 
19. ^ Peak chart positions for collaboration albums on the Billboard 200:
    • "Porter Wagoner : Allmusic : Billboard Albums". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/porter-wagoner-p135346/charts-awards. Retrieved January 16, 2011. 
20. ^ Peak chart positions for albums charting on RPM Albums chart:
    • "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?q1=Parton%2C+Harris%2C+Ronstadt&q2=&interval=20&sk=21&&PHPSESSID=qau7ifunse5ae0io21ho2n8ll7. Retrieved January 16, 2011. 
21. ^ Peak chart positions for albums charting on RPM Albums chart:
    • "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?q1=Parton%2C+Harris%2C+Ronstadt&q2=&interval=20&sk=21&&PHPSESSID=qau7ifunse5ae0io21ho2n8ll7. Retrieved January 16, 2011. 
22. ^ UK chart position for the album Trio by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris:
    • "Chart Stats - Dolly Parton/Linda Ronstadt/Emmylou Harris". ChartStats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=11819. Retrieved July 8, 2011. 
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