Rockstar (Dolly Parton album)
2023 studio album by Dolly Parton
Rockstar is the forty-ninth and final studio album by the American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on November 17, 2023, by Butterfly Records and Big Machine Records. The album is a collaborative project with a variety of rock musicians, marking Parton's only album-length foray into the genre. Released over two years before her death in 2026, it marked the final studio album Parton created in her lifetime.
The lead single "World on Fire" was released on May 11, 2023, with the singles "Magic Man" featuring Ann Wilson, "Bygones" featuring Rob Halford, Nikki Sixx and John 5, "We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You", Parton's version of "Let It Be" featuring surviving Beatles members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and Parton's version of "What's Up?" featuring Linda Perry following over the next five months. Parton performed a duet of "Wrecking Ball" with Miley Cyrus on New Year's Eve 2022, and performed "World on Fire" at the 58th Academy of Country Music Awards in May 2023.
Rockstar received generally positive reviews from music critics. Commercially, it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 128,000 equivalent album units in its first week. It became Parton's highest-charting studio album as well as topping the Country and Rock Albums charts.
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Parton was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022 and initially declined the honor, as her background was in country music, not rock.
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