5 essential Dolly Parton songs

Dolly Parton performs during the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards.

Kevin Winter/ACM2016/Getty Images for dcp Dolly Parton is known as the best-selling female country artist of all time.

Parton wrote hits and topped charts throughout her decadeslong career, until her death at 80.

Parton's signature songs include "9 To 5," "Jolene," "I Will Always Love You," and more.

Dolly Parton once said that she always wore heels and makeup at home so she was "ambulance-ready at all times" — but the country music icon was far from flash over substance.

Parton died on Tuesday after a lifetime of philanthropy and songwriting excellence.

She was 80 years old.

The singer, a self-described "professionalist," first topped the Billboard chart in 1981 and earned the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011.

She released her 49th and final album, "Rockstar," in 2023.

Parton's signature songs from her decadeslong career are listed below in chronological order.

"Jolene" (1974) Dolly Parton performs with an acoustic guitar circa 1974.

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images "Jolene" is the title track from Parton's 13th studio album of the same name.

It was released as a single in January 1984 and quickly rose to No.

1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.