{"id":752735,"date":"2026-08-28T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752735\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:00:17","slug":"paul-heaton-scores-first-number-one-album-as-dolly-partons-9-to-5-finally-reaches-top-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/752735\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Heaton scores first number one album as Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 finally reaches top 40"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waves of tributes poured in this week to Tennessee star Parton, whose best-loved tunes<\/a> were also played across the nation, evidently.<\/p>\n

Her country pop classic 9 to 5 was written for the 1980 film of the same name, and earned her an Oscar nomination as well as topping the US charts.<\/p>\n

Another of her tunes, Jolene – which finds her pleading with a stunning rival not to steal her man – re-entered the chart at number nine on Friday.<\/p>\n

The country anthem originally peaked at number seven in 1976 – her joint-highest UK chart placing. <\/p>\n

Her duet with Kenny Rogers, Islands in the Stream, also reached number seven in 1983, and it has flowed back into this week’s chart at number 13.<\/p>\n

Finally, Diamonds & Rhinestones, Parton’s 2022 greatest hits collection, reached the top 10 of the albums chart – topped by Heaton – for the first time too.<\/p>\n

“Dolly Parton’s extraordinary legacy continues to shine through the official charts,” noted Becca Monahan and Chris Austin, co-managing directors of the official charts company, in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

They called it a “powerful reflection of the UK’s enduring love for her music”.<\/p>\n

“A true icon whose songs have crossed generations, these chart returns are a fitting celebration of Dolly’s incredible life, career and lasting impact,” they added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waves of tributes poured in this week to Tennessee star Parton, whose best-loved tunes were also played across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-752735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/752736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}