(WCYB) — Country music legend Dolly Parton has three new
awards to add to her lengthy list.

Parton, 77, was awarded with three new Guinness World
Records on Wednesday. Here are the new awards she
received:

• Longest span of No. 1 hits on the US Top Country Albums
  chart (female)
• Most studio albums released by a female country singer
• Most Top 10 entries on the US Top Country Albums chart
  (female)

Parton already had won seven Guinness World Records
previously. Those awards are:

• Most decades with a Top 20 hit on the US Hot Country
  Songs chart
• Most No.1 hits on the US Hot Country Songs chart by
  a female artist
• Most decades on the US Hot Country Songs chart
  (female)
• Most hits on the US Hot Country Songs chart by a
  female artist
• Longest span of No.1 hits on the US Hot Country Songs
  chart
• First country singer to be nominated for the EGOT
• Most Grammy nominations for a female country artist

Parton was quoted as saying…“I am humbled every time
I receive a new Guinness World Record title.”

William (Billy) Martin Joel is a singer, pianist, and songwriter. He
has had a successful career as a solo artist since the 1970s.

His 1985 compilation album, Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II,
is one of the best-selling albums in the United States.

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
(November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023)

Lightfoot died at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto 
at the age of 84. His declining health had caused him to cancel
his tour three weeks earlier.

In 2022, Gordon Lightfoot received the Golden Plate Award of
the American Academy of Achievement.              

    
Tim Bachman (left) founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive
with his brothers and Fred Turner.

Timothy Gregg Bachman (August 1, 1951 – April 28, 2023)

Tim Bachman, a founding guitarist of Bachman-Turner Overdrive
has died at the age of 71 after battling cancer.      

Tim’s death was confirmed by his brother Randy Bachman and
his son via social media.

Singer, songwriter, musician, political activist and actor, Willie       
Hugh Nelson once worked spinning country records at KVAN
radio in Vancouver, Washington.