Iconic singer-songwriter Dolly Parton and popular Christian group For King and Country have been nominated for a Grammy Award for the “Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance and Song.” The artists were nominated for their performance of For King and Country’s “God Only Knows.” Originally released by the duo in 2018, “God Only Knows” was reimagined in 2019 to feature Dolly Parton.
Parton, a committed Christian, posted the exciting update to her Instagram. “What incredible news to be nominated for two Grammy Awards!” she wrote. “It’s always such a sweet thing when your peers recognize and celebrate the music you make. To have a nomination with Linda Perry for “Girl In The Movies,” the song we wrote together for Dumplin’ means so much. And then to share another with my new friends Joel and Luke Smallbone from @forkingandcountry on our duet “God Only Knows”…well, I am one happy girl today!”
Parton has been increasingly open about her faith in recent years. In an interview with PEOPLE last week, she explained how God guided her decisions during the early part of her career.
“I will know it if it’s wrong,” she said of her early choices, after receiving relentless criticism for her image as she attempted to break into the industry. “I will know it because I’m that in tune with myself and that in tune with God.”
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