Dollywood

Dolly Parton: 100M records, Dollywood, and a $500M+ fortune

Shaan makes the late Dolly Parton a Billy of the Week. She was the 4th of 12 kids from the Smoky Mountains, sold over 100 million records, won 10 Grammys, and built Dollywood into a major theme park, leaving a net worth above $500 million, which very few musicians reach.

“Yeah, she does over 100 million records sold, 10 Grammys. But then she just was a prolific businesswoman. So she owns this thing called Dollywood, which is this— essentially like a Disney World in Tennessee, like an amusement park that brings in millions of visitors a year and is actually a big contributor to her fortune. And the reason why she can qualify as Billie of the Week, she kind of passed away with a net worth over $500 million, which very few artists ever get to.”