The greatest-hits collection Ultimate Dolly Parton soars back onto the ranking following the icon's Aug. 25 death.
20th May 1977: Country music queen Dolly Parton is back in London after performing at the King's Theatre, Glasgow, at a Scottish Royal Jubilee Television Special in the presence of the Queen, she now commences on a tour of Britain and the continent. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Dolly Parton’s best-of collection Ultimate Dolly Parton re-enters the Billboard 200 albums chart dated Sept. 5 at No. 5, marking the late icon’s fourth top 10-charted set and her second-highest-charting album ever.
Parton died on Aug. 25 at age 80 after a short battle with cancer. The entertainer previously visited the top 10 with the all-star collaborations project Rockstar (No. 3 in 2023, her highest-charted album), Blue Smoke (No. 6 in 2014) and the collaborative album Trio (No. 6, in 1987) with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
