Dolly Parton – $ 500 millones
Grandes éxitos: Jolene, I Will Always Love You, 9 to 5
Besides being a popular singer, Dolly Parton has written over 3,000 songs. She wrote Whitney Houston, “I Will Always Love You,” and almost every popular artist covered that song. Interviewed about her songwriting, she said she started writing when she was just seven years old. She said she’s trying to write something every day,” whether it’s a poem, concept, album, or little tidbit. She was influenced by her folksy childhood with a deep religious tradition in the Appalachian Mountains. She won 35 BMI Awards.