Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ & ‘I Will Always Love You’ Recordings Become Top 40 Hot 100 Hits for the First Time

Two iconic Dolly Parton recordings reach the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, following the beloved entertainer’s passing, as “Jolene” reenters the Sept.

5-dated chart at No.

16 and “I Will Always Love You” debuts at No.

27.

As previously reported , Parton died Aug.

25 in Nashville at age 80.

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“Jolene” became Parton’s first of 23 career Hot 100 hits, reaching No.

60 that March.

That year’s version of “I Will Always Love You” had never before reached the ranking, though they both hit No.

1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

They became the second and third Hot Country Songs leaders, respectively, of her 25 total, the most among women.

Parton’s 1982 re-recording of “I Will Always Love You” hit No.

53 on the Hot 100 that year, marking her only version of the ballad to make the chart until this week.