Net Worth:
$450 million
About Dolly Parton
It has been reported that Dolly Parton net worth has an estimate of 450 million dollars which makes her one of the richest celebrities in the entertainment industry. Her net worth comes from many different sources. Dolly Parton is known as a singer, song writer, composer, actress, philanthropist, author and a businesswoman.
Born in 1946, Dolly Parton whose full birth name is Dolly Rebecca Parton is mostly known as a country music style musician which is the main source of Dolly Parton net worth. She is also a very respected songwriter who has written well over 3000 songs. The most popular of them are “I Will Always Love You” which was sang by Whitney Houston and got a lot of awards and nominations, “Coat of Many Colors” and “My Tennessee Mountain Home”.
Dolly Parton is also a very popular actress. She has appeared in various movies such as “Steel Magnolias”, “9 to 5”, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and “Joyful Noise”. All of these films added a lot of revenues to the overall amount of Dolly Parton net worth.
In addition, Dolly Parton is one of the most popular and successful musicians of country music. It has been estimated that around 100 million copies of her albums have been sold on an international scale. Thus, she is considered to be one of the best selling artists of all time. Also, by a lot of people she is referred to as “The Queen of Country Music”.
The star was born in Tennessee and she was fourth out of twelve children of her parents. Her father used to work in a tobacco farm. When she was growing up, her family lived in a complete poverty. The topic of poverty which she experienced in her young years was a recurrent motif in many of her early songs such as “In the Good Old Days” and “Coat of Many Colors”. Her family lived in a rustic area in one room cabin and lacked a lot of basic life necessities. D
olly Parton got involved into music at a very early age. Her grandfather was a preacher and had much influence on her. When she appears in live concerts, Dolly Parton usually performs many spiritual songs. When she was only a little girl, she started singing in local radio stations and appearing in various TV shows which were broadcasted in the area of Tennessee. When she became thirteen years old, Dolly Parton recorded her first song called “Puppy Love” under the small local record label called Goldband Records. Thus, she got involved into music industry more and more as she was growing up and finally became a huge part in the country music industry which now is one of the most important sources of Dolly Parton net worth.
