Dolly honored with National Medal of the Arts, the highest award given by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The 2005 'Vintage" tour featured songs from her album, "Those Were The Days"

Dolly contributed vocal harmony to the 2005 Brad Paisley song 'When I Get Where I'm Going,' written by George Teren and Rivers Rutherford.

Dolly’s song, "Travelin' Thru" from the soundtrack of "Transamerica" won Best Song at the 2005 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards.

"Travelin’ Thru" written and performed by Dolly Parton, on "Transamerica" soundtrack