ROCKSTAR DELUXE Will Feature 39 Tracks, Five Bonus Tracks Previously Released As Partner Exclusives and Four Never-Before-Heard Songs
ROCKSTAR Takes the No. 5 Spot on Billboard’s List of Top-Selling Country Albums of 2023
NASHVILLE, TN (January 19, 2024) – Beloved global icon, Dolly Parton, is celebrating her birthday this year by surprising fans with a deluxe version of her genre-bending ROCKSTAR album—ROCKSTAR DELUXE is available now on all digital streaming platforms. Parton’s first-ever Rock album, ROCKSTAR, became her highest performing album in sales during its debut week and accumulated six No. 1’s on the Billboard charts. The 39-song collection features an all-star roster of some of music’s greatest artists revisiting 21 classic Rock songs alongside 13 of Parton’s own original tracks.
“The record is an event … it calls to mind a not-too-long-ago era when albums were cohesive pieces of content”
—CNN
“5 out of 5 stars.”
—American Songwriter
Now, in honor of her birthday, the legendary entertainer is giving fans even more Rock with the release of ROCKSTAR DELUXE which includes nine additional tracks—five previously exclusive retailer tracks and four which have never been released.
Additional tracks for ROCKSTAR DELUXE:
31. “Rockin’ It (Live)”
32. “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
33. “Mama Never Said”
34. “Two Tickets To Paradise”
35. “Jolene (featuring Måneskin)”
36. “Stay Out Of My Bedroom”
37. “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
38. “The Entertainer”
39. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”
Fans can celebrate Dolly’s birthday by clicking here for the ROCKSTAR DELUXE Album.
Hey fans and friends,
It’s my Birthday so I’m going to give you a present! I’m releasing four never released songs for my birthday, to go with the Rockstar album, and a few others that you may have heard before that were not on the album. I hope you enjoy them, and I hope you all have a happy birthday for me! LOL
Thanks for everything,
Dolly
ABOUT DOLLY PARTON:
Dolly Parton is the most honored and revered multi-hyphenate of all time and was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Her current album Rockstar made history by scoring the biggest album debut sales week of her seven-decade career and earning her six No. 1s on the Billboard charts—Top Rock Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Country Albums, Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and Independent Albums. The landmark album also claimed the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, her highest position ever. Achieving 27 RIAA-certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 26 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. Parton is the first artist to have topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary, Christian AC Songs, Hot Country Songs, Christian Airplay, Rock Digital Songs, Country Airplay and Dance/Mix Show Airplay radio charts. Parton became the first Country artist honored as Grammy MusiCares Person of the Year given out by NARAS. She has 49 career Top 10 Country albums, a record for any artist, and 120 career-charted singles over the past 50+ years. On October 17, 2023, she released her second New York Times Best Seller coffee table book in a trilogy called “Behind The Seams: My Life in Rhinestones.” The first of the series was bestselling coffee table book “Songteller: My Life in Lyrics.”
In 2014, the RIAA recognized her impact on recorded music with a plaque commemorating more than 100 million units sold worldwide. She has amassed eleven Grammy Awards and 52 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, 10 Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year; five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including a nod for Entertainer of the Year; four People’s Choice Awards; and three American Music Awards. In 1999, Parton was inducted as a member of the coveted Country Music Hall of Fame.
Dolly has the largest fan base of all measured music artists in the YouGov database at No. 1 with 198 million. She has the No. 1 Q Score of all performers, solo and group. Dolly is one of only 25 celebrities in the E-poll database to have an E-score of 100 and has maintained that perfect rating for eight years. She recently won Best Brand Award, Celebrity, Influencer and Fashion at the 2023 Licensing International Excellence Awards.
To date, Parton has donated over 222 million books to children around the world with her Imagination Library. Her children’s book, “Coat of Many Colors,” was dedicated to the Library of Congress to honor the Imagination Library’s 100 millionth book donation. In March of 2022, Parton released the book “Run Rose Run” which she co-authored with James Patterson which sat at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List for five weeks, a record for this decade. She also released an accompanying album of the same name with original songs inspired by the book which reached No. 1 on three charts simultaneously — Country, Americana/Folk and Bluegrass Albums. From her “Coat of Many Colors” while working “9 to 5,” no dream is too big and no mountain too high for the country girl who turned the world into her stage.
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