Dolly Parton made a rock album for her husband – broke sales records

The published Rockstar album also includes the classic Jolene, edited with Måneskin.

The country legend broke all his own sales records with his new album. PDO

The 49th album released by acclaimed country singer Dolly Parton Rockstar broke the singer’s previous sales records. The 77-year-old legend also broke records on several prestigious Billboard charts.

The Grammy-awarded singer released an album with a total of 30 songs a little over a week ago. Some of the songs were Parton’s versions of others’ songs and some were completely new.

The album features one of the most famous performers and artists, such as Paul McCartney, Ringo Star, Elton John, Pink and Sting and many more.

Parton said that a rock album had been his longtime dream. He tells to People magazine that she and her husband have been rock fans all their lives. The couple has been married for 57 years.

– I have often thought that I would make him a rock ‘n’ roll record of all his favorite songs. And now all this happened. I decided I would make a record. it was like a perfect storm, Parton commented on the process of making the record.

Billboard website by the album sold 118,500 copies in its opening week in the United States. The country star broke all his previous sales records and the album was the week’s number one seller.

The singing legend also surprised his fans earlier by publishing a recommendation Jolene-a new version of the song featuring the Italian band Måneskin. the band is the Eurovision winner for 2021.

The country star surprised a large audience last week by performing at the American football Thanksgiving halftime show. Parton performed songs from his biggest hits in his halftime show Jolene and 9 to 5. The singer also covers Queen’s classic songs We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions.

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