Matt Connolly

For the women and of course Beyoncé

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Taylor Swift dedicates her Video of the Year award to Dolly Parton at the #VMAs:

“The ultimate showgirl […] We were all very lucky to share this planet with Dolly Parton”

[lex @petaltrin]

tribute for the late dolly parton at the #VMAs

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Today is Dolly Parton Day.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

Happy #9to5day ✨

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

About a year ago, you guys did a truly unfathomable thing. Something that completely blew my mind… You gave The Life of a Showgirl the biggest first week for an album in history. I took a trip to Sweden to celebrate with Max and Shellback, my two collaborators on this album. Really we just wanted to reflect and take in how grateful we were for the moment we were in, but there was a studio there and we did what we do when we feel anything at all: We wrote more songs. I hope you love them, because they were born out of pure gratitude for your exuberance for and celebration of the album we made. The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore including four new songs is out on Friday and available to pre-order and save now at https://t.co/bWaNOQ6OmT ❤️‍🔥

📸: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

I’ve been impatiently waiting to tell you that my brand new single “Patient Zero” will be out on September 25 (!!!!!!!!!!!!) and it’s available to pre-order now at https://t.co/zSHpnhUTAJ for 24 hours. 0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣

[The Colosseum @ColosseumatCP]

The spotlight was meant to shine on Dolly Parton tonight. 💖
As we mark what would have been her opening night at The Colosseum, we’re reflecting on the lasting impact of an artist whose songs continue to resonate across generations.

[Cher @cher]

My dear
Bob has gone up to heaven.Knowing him,he’s bringing Sequins,Beads,& his sketch pad.
Good nite sweet Prince
Luv
Me
Dyslexic

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Costume designer Bob Mackie has passed away aged 87.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

🦋

[chart data @chartdata]

Dolly Parton is #1 on the Hot 100 Songwriters chart for the first time following her passing.

[BEYONCÉ LEGION @BeyLegion]

Stream B'DAY 20TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION — now available everywhere! 🐝

• Apple Music: https://t.co/Al2AzpTEFQ
• iTunes: https://t.co/0EsHGXV6AF
• Amazon: https://t.co/NFdJfAEfNy
• Spotify: https://t.co/lTlC4eIjwX
• TIDAL: https://t.co/T5XxG5vbA3

—the album's special features include Pharrell, Maluma, and Selena.

[BEYONCÉ LEGION @BeyLegion]

45 years of Beyoncé. 20 years of B'Day. 🐝

#BDAY20

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Beyoncé has released “IRREEMPLAZABLE (COMO LA FLOR)” as part of her B’Day 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition which features the late Selena Quintanilla.

[𝔎𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔦𝔡𝔬𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔭𝔢 𝔈𝔶𝔢𝔡 𝔊𝔦𝔯𝔩 @thejunebugfreak]

Dolly Parton photographed by David LaChapelle

1997

[Tennessee Football @Vol_Football]

For Dolly. 🦋

A commemorative helmet sticker will be worn to honor Dolly Parton for every game this season.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Bobbyman @bobby_man_]

Holy hell that HAS to be an all time record 😭

[Maryam @hell_line0]

One of my favorite Dolly stories is one Julia Roberts told about being on the set of Steel Magnolias. It was, naturally, very hot and humid, and Julia turned to Dolly and said, "Aren't you hot? With the wig and everything? Just, you know, just say it's hot!"

And Dolly looked at her and said, "When I was a little girl, I used to dream about being famous and rich, and now I'm both of those things. So I'm not going to complain."

May we all be so grateful and gracious when our dreams come true.

[Dennis Goris | Cartoons @DennisGoris]

#Dolly