What are some of the records that Dolly holds?
Well, perhaps her most impressive record is that she holds the most No. 1 singles for any female artist on the country charts, having reached the top spot 25 times (with a total 55 top 10 hits). The only other female artist anywhere near that number on any chart is Madonna, who holds the top record with 36 No. 1 hits on the dance/club play chart, one of the minor Billboard charts, so Dolly’s total is also the record for any female on a major Billboard singles chart. (There is some confusion due to Reba McEntire releasing a CD claiming to have 33 No. 1s, but they took her 22 No. 1 singles from the Billboard country chart, which is the industry standard, and added songs that went to No. 1 in other, minor competing publications, such as Cash Box or Radio & Records, but only made the top 10 in Billboard, so she has not broken Dolly’s record.) Also, Dolly holds the record for the most charted full-length albums for a female country artist at 71 and the record for the most full-length countr