Dolly Parton broke 11 Guinness World Records and barely anyone noticed
Jen Thomas
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Dolly Parton is known for being incredibly humble and down to earth despite all of her glitz, glamour, and stunning bouffant hair.
So of course she's gone and claimed a whole host of Guinness World Records without raising a fuss about it.
The superstar singer is renowned for her charitable work and for donating books to children, and she has had an incredible music career spanning more than 60 years too.
Dolly isn't afraid to mix things up either, having teamed up with Sabrina Carpenter for a tune, and releasing a rock'n'roll themed album called Rockstar.
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She didn't think she deserved a nomination in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame due to being a country artist, so she went and made a rock record.
Classic Dolly.
After Rockstar hit the number one spot, she extended her record for longest span of No.1 hits on the US Top Country Albums chart (female) to 46 years 197 days.
Elsewhere, her recent duet with Sabrina Carpenter on 'Please Please Please' extended her record for most decades with a Top 20 hit on the US Hot Country Songs chart to seven.
Now, to celebrate her success, Dolly has officially been named a Guinness World Records ICON after earning 11 World Record titles.
Upon being given her ICON award, a stunned Dolly said: "Oh, I surely didn’t break that many records!”
Craig Glenday, Editor-in-Chief of Guinness World Records, said: “Dolly is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated writers and performers in the history of country music, as reflected in her many Guinness World Records certificates, but her reach and influence extends far beyond the musical world.
"There are so many projects close to her heart - poverty relief, education, medical research and of course the Imagination Library free-books campaign - and it's these important, life-changing initiatives that propels Dolly into a different league. She truly is a living legend, and it's an honour to bestow GWR ICON status upon her."
Ever humble, Dolly herself joked: "I guess when you’ve lived as long as I have you ought to be doing something. You ought to set some kind of a record just for living that long."
"That’ll be my next one,” she laughed, and after receiving her award confessed: “Well, to say I’m humbled by that would be an understatement."
Dolly has collected quite the array of records over her career, with a whopping 11 records.
Her music has made her a household name, so it should come as no surprise that she's taken the top spot so many times.
1. Most consecutive decades with Top 10 Billboard country albums (female): 7
2. Longest span of No.1 US Top Country Albums (female): 46 years 197 days
3. Most Top 10 US Top Country Albums (female): 49
4. Most studio albums by a female country singer: 66
5. First country singer nominated for EGOT
6. Longest span of No.1 US Hot Country Songs: 35 years 26 days
7. Most Grammy noms for female country artist: 51
8. Most hits on US Hot Country Songs (female): 113
9. Most decades on US Hot Country Songs (female): 7
10. Most No.1 US Hot Country Songs (female): 25
11. Most consecutive decades with Top 20 US Hot Country Songs: 7
Dolly Parton isn't alone in the ICONS world.
She's joined by the one and only Taylor Swift who has over 100 Guinness World Records to her name, and even Barbie has an ICON award too.
Beyoncé, Sir Elton John, BTS and Sir Paul McCartney have also received the honour.