Most studio albums released by a female country singer

Dolly Parton (USA) released 65 studio albums between 1967 (Hello, I’m Dolly) and 2022 (Run, Rose, Run). Her discography includes 13 albums with Porter Wagoner in 1968–80 – all of which reached the Top 20 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart – and eight country No.1s: New Harvest… First Gathering (1977), Here You Come Again (1977), Heartbreaker (1978), 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980), Trio (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt; 1987), Eagle When She Flies (1991), Pure & Simple (2016) and A Holly Dolly Christmas (2020). The gospel offering Precious Memories (1999), her 53rd studio release, is the only non-charting studio album of Parton’s career to date; it is sold exclusively at her Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, with all proceeds going to the Dollywood Foundation (1986–).

Most studio albums (female country singer): 65 – Dolly Parton (1967–2022); 50 – Loretta Lynn (1963–2021); 45 – Wanda Jackson (1958–2021); 39 – Connie Smith (1965–2021); 37 – Kitty Wells (1957–81); 37 – Lynn Anderson (1967–2015); 34 – Reba McEntire (1977–2021); 33 – Dottie West (1965–84); 33 – Tammy Wynette (1967–94); 33 – Anne Murray (1968–2007); 27 – Barbara Mandrell (1971–94); 27 – Emmylou Harris (1969–2015); 25 – Jean Shepard (1956–81); 25 – Tanya Tucker (1972–2019); 25 – Crystal Gayle (1975–2019).

Compilations, live albums, box sets and video albums excluded.

Forty-one of Dolly’s 65 studio albums have reached the US country Top 10. Additionally, five of her more than 200 compilation albums made the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart between 1975 and 2016.