Dolly Parton is one of the most successful music icons in history. She has written numerous songs, sold more than 100 million records, and holds multiple Guinness World Records.
She grew up in a very poor family. According to some reports on the internet, Dolly's father Robert Parton paid the doctor who helped deliver her with a sack of oatmeal.
In her music career, she has earned two Guinness World Records. "I've always just written from my heart," she said when reps from Guinness World Records visited her.
In the year 1995, she founded Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to promote literacy in children as a tribute to her father who was illiterate.
At present, the net worth of Dolly Parton is somewhere around $650 Million. She earned $20 million in royalties thanks to Whitney Houston alone.
In 1966, Dolly married longtime husband Carl Dean and they are inseparable ever since. “My first thought was I’m gonna marry that girl,” said Dean while talking about their marriage.
She often made guest appearances as Hannah Montana's "Aunt Dolly" On Disney's Hannah Montana. She is the godmother of Miley Cyrus in real life too.
She has tattoos to cover up scars, “But most of the tattoos, when I first started, I was covering up some scars that I had, ‘cause I have a tendency to have keloid scar tissue," she said.
She decided to open Dollywood in 1986 and entered the theme park business. Her theme park welcomes more than a million visitors every year. She doesn't ride the rides at her park.