Parton previously said she didn’t feel she had “earned that right” to be nominated.
“I’ll accept gracefully,” Parton said.
“I would just say thanks and I’ll accept it because the fans vote.”

Dolly Parton.Gary Miller/WireImage
“But if they can’t go there to be recognized, where do they go?
But obviously there’s more to it than that.”
It is not defined by any one genre, rather a sound that moves youth culture.
Dolly Parton’s music impacted a generation of young fans and influenced countless artists that followed.
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