Over six decades into her musical career, Dolly Parton is still achieving firsts; finally entering into Billboard’s Top 10 Christian charts.
The country superstar gained her first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs and Christian Airplay charts this week; thanks to her duet with Christian rock artist Zach Williams.
The pair’s collaborative single, There Was Jesus, slid into the Top 10 on both charts for the week dated July 11, hitting No. 7 on Hot Christian Songs and No. 8 on Christian Airplay.
In addition to success in radio, the song netted 1.1 million U.S. streams and 3,000 downloads this week.
Though it’s the first time she’s made it this far up either chart, it’s not quite the first time Dolly Parton has had a song on the Christian Airplay charts. Her duet version of For King & Country’s God Only Knows broke the Top 50 last year.
The Jolene singer recently opened up about the depression and “complete breakdown” she went through in the 80s; revealing that she contemplated suicide but her Christian faith and her family pulled her through it.
While Christian radio is relatively new territory for Dolly Parton, she’s no stranger to hits. Over the course of her impressive country career, she has scored 55 Top 10s and 25 chart-topping singles on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.
