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210 of music's most celebrated composers. Classical masters, film score legends, and contemporary voices who shaped how the world sounds.

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Dolly Parton

United States

Dolly Parton wrote two of her biggest hits, Jolene and I Will Always Love You, on the same evening in 1973. She turned down Elvis Presley's request to record I Will Always Love You, a decision that cost her millions but preserved her publishing rights. Parton has won 28 major awards, including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and built a $100 million media empire centered at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

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