Parton holds the record for the longest span of No. 1 hits on the US Top Country Albums chart for a female artist, with a duration of 43 years and 156 days, from 'New Harvest…First Gathering' in 1977 to 'A Holly Dolly Christmas' in 2020. She also has 26 songs that reached No. 1 on the Billboard country charts, a record for a female artist.