'This is an absolute high for me': Dolly Parton, 70, honoured with Lifetime Achievement at CMA Awards
No matter who was going to be the big winner, it was always going to be Dolly Parton's night.
And the Country Music Awards did this beloved genre-breaking performer proud at the Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 70-year-old looked gorgeous in a form fitting yellow gown as she picked up the LIfetime Achievement Award.
No matter who was going to be the big winner, it was always going to be Dolly Parton's night: The country music icon was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday at the CMA Awards
Some of the most skillful and genuine female singers in the genre - Reba, Jennifer Nettles, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and Kacey Musgraves - stood facing the country icon and sang some of her hits like 9 to 5 and Jolene in a stunning serenade.
Then she was presented with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
Pretty: The 70-year-old looked gorgeous in a form fitting yellow gown as she picked up the LIfetime Achievement Award
Some of the most skillful and genuine female singers in the genre - Reba, Jennifer Nettles, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride and Kacey Musgraves - stood facing the country icon and sang some of her hits like 9 to 5 and Jolene in a stunning serenade
Dolly quipped onstage: 'This is an absolute high for me.'
The fact that her acceptance speech was rushed was the only strange note.
Chris Stapleton, who won the following award, like a gentleman, offered to give her some of his time.
The CMAs may have been celebrating their golden anniversary but the awards took place in the national shadow of an even more special event - Game 7 of the World Series, pitting the Cleveland Indians, who last won the Fall Classic in 1948, and the Chicago Cubs, who famously hadn't won the World Series since 1908.
Dolly quipped onstage: 'This is an absolute high for me.'
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