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The extremely popular Dolly Parton has an estimated net worth of $500 million. A multi-instrumentalist who is best recognized for her works in country music, Dolly Parton has composed over 3,000 songs. Some of the most popular include Coat of Many Colors, Jolene, Here You Come Again, My Tennessee Mountain Home, and 9 to 5. Whitney Houston’s international hit, I Will Always Love You, was also written by Dolly Parton. Her single Here You Come Again, reached the third hot spot on Billboard Hot 100.

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As an actress, Dolly Parton has been a part of  9 to 5 Steel MagnoliasThe Best Little Whorehouse in TexasGnomeo & JulietJoyful Noise, Straight Talk, and Unlikely Angel. Dolly Parton is actually considered as one of the best-selling artists of all time in any genre and one of the most successful female country artists of all time with her over 100 million album sales worldwide.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2014

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Blue Smoke (49,000 copies)

$55,000

2010

Ticket Sales

Gross earnings from her A Better Day World Tour

$34,000,000

2007

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Backwoods Barbie (27,000 copies in its first week of release)

$30,000

2005

Ticket Sales

Gross earnings from her An Evening with Dolly Parton tour

$16,000,000

2004

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Those Were the Days (57,000 copies in its first week of release)

$65,000

2003

Ticket Sales

Gross earnings from her Hello, I'm Dolly Tour

$6,000,000

2001

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Halos & Horns (68,000 copies in its first week of release)

$80,000

1990

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Eagle When She Flies (74,000 copies in its first week of release)

$82,000

1983

Salary

Salary from Rhinestone

$2,000,000

1976

Record Sales

Estimated earnings from her album Here You Come Again (certified platinum by RIAA)

$1,100,000