Dolly Parton Owns Nearly Half Of The iTunes Chart Following Her Death

Only hours aft her decease was announced, much than 90 songs by Dolly Parton look connected the American iTunes chart. LOS ANGELES - 1978: Country vocalist Dolly Parton poses for a image convention successful 1978 successful Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry Langdon/Getty Images)

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Dolly Parton died yesterday (August 25) astatine the property of 80 pursuing a short conflict pinch cancer, a conflict which was not revealed to the nationalist until aft her passing. The beloved singer-songwriter leaves down a bequest of dozens of albums, hundreds of songs, and a business empire that fewer philharmonic artists person matched.

Parton was, supra each else, a fable successful the state euphony space, but her scope extended acold beyond the 1 genre. Throughout a profession that lasted decades, she scored hits successful galore different styles, won aggregate Grammys and became 1 of the astir recognizable and beloved entertainers successful the world. Some of her songs were recorded by different superstars – pinch 1 successful peculiar opinionated retired arsenic a life accomplishment – and she collaborated pinch musicians moving successful each genre.

As is ever the lawsuit whenever a awesome philharmonic fig passes away, fans person rushed to grant Parton by buying and listening to her music. The precocious superstar’s sanction is now plastered crossed the hundreds of spots connected the iTunes Top Songs chart, which ranks the bestselling tracks of immoderate style successful the United States connected the platform.

Dolly Parton Fills Nearly Half the iTunes Songs Chart

Parton appears successful an unthinkable 92 of the 200 spaces connected the existent version of the iTunes Top Songs chart. Nearly half of the full ranking is occupied by euphony connected to the precocious singer-songwriter successful immoderate way, whether she fronted the tune aliases personification other did. The tremendous showing includes solo recordings, collaborations and aggregate versions of immoderate of the biggest hits from her decades-long career.

Dolly Parton Owns Almost the Entire Top 10

Parton occupies 9 of the apical 10 spaces connected the iTunes Top Songs ranking, including each position from No. 1 done No. 9. Her posthumous surge pushes Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” 1 of the biggest hits of 2026, from the acme down to No. 10. If the ranking shifts moreover somewhat arsenic much fans proceed to acquisition Parton’s euphony successful America, she could soon finalize a cleanable expanse of the full uppermost tier.

Multiple Dolly Parton Classics Appear More Than Once

Several of Parton’s biggest hits look aggregate times connected the 200-space tally. That tin hap erstwhile different versions of the aforesaid creation are available, arsenic unrecorded recordings, remixes aliases collaborative editions tin sometimes beryllium alongside the much acquainted original.

Three versions of Parton’s ain “I Will Always Love You” look connected the ranking, while conscionable arsenic galore renditions by Whitney Houston – who made the opus moreover much celebrated than the original songwriter and artists did – besides make the cut. “Jolene” likewise lands successful a trio of spaces, while “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind,” “From Here to the Moon and Back,” “Light of a Clear Blue Morning,” “Stairway to Heaven” and “There Was Jesus” each look twice.

Nearly 50 Dolly Parton Collaborators Chart arsenic Well

Parton worked pinch hundreds of musicians passim her career, and astir 50 different artists who collaborated pinch the state icon either debut connected aliases return to the iTunes Top Songs floor plan arsenic fans passim the federation revisit those recordings. The group of names spans generations and genres and includes Elton John, the precocious Kenny Rogers, Lizzo, Miley Cyrus — Parton’s ain goddaughter — Paul McCartney, Post Malone, Willie Nelson and virtually dozens of others.

Dolly Parton Nearly Sweeps the Albums Top 10 Too

Parton’s posthumous power connected the income level is not constricted to songs. Dozens of her releases are besides bestsellers again connected the iTunes Top Albums chart, wherever she fills 8 of the apical 10 spaces connected the list. The roundup includes some solo collections and collaborative projects. Only Beenie Man and Post Malone negociate to bent connected wrong the uppermost region alongside Parton arsenic listeners astir the U.S. – and the satellite – return to Parton’s immense and celebrated catalog.