Dolly Parton’s Legacy on the Billboard 200 Chart: 7 Decades of Hit Albums

She scored more top 40-charted sets in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Dolly Parton

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For seven straight decades, from the 1960s on through the 2020s, the late Dolly Parton charted an iconic string of 50 albums on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart — including 15 top 40-charted sets.

From her debut with Porter Wagoner on Just the Two of Us in 1969, on through her most recent new entry, 2023’s Rockstar, the singer-songwriter left a remarkable impression on Billboard’s signature album chart.