Musicians across generations are remembering Dolly Parton after the country music titan died Tuesday at 80, with Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Shania Twain, and Mick Jagger among the artists honoring her life, music, and singular sparkle.

"Dolly, you were the barometer. The North Star. Bold and brilliant. Talented and tenacious," Beyoncé wrote in a tribute posted to her website. "You taught so many lessons on how to be uniquely oneself. I am grateful for your art, your heart, your generosity, your humor, your entrepreneurship."

Their mutual admiration had recently made its way onto record. Parton appeared twice on Beyoncé’s 2024 album Cowboy Carter, including on “Dolly P,” the spoken-word introduction to Beyoncé’s reimagining of “Jolene.” Parton had publicly hoped Beyoncé would tackle her 1973 classic years before the cover materialized.

"I’m honored that I had the privilege to work with you," Beyoncé continued. "You are truly one of one. Rest peacefully."

Sabrina Carpenter also remembered her collaborator. Parton joined Carpenter for a country-fied remake of “Please Please Please” on the deluxe edition of Short n’ Sweet in 2025, complete with a Thelma and Louise-inspired video featuring the pair cruising in a pickup truck.

"Oh dolly 💔" Carpenter wrote on Instagram. "The only thing I could say after we first met was 'she really is an angel walking the earth' and 'we look like we could be sisters!'"

Carpenter said she would carry Parton’s “wisdom,” playful outlook, and sense of humor with her before ending with a fitting nod to one of Parton’s most enduring compositions: “I will always love you.”

Shania Twain looked back even further, sharing footage of the pair performing “Coat of Many Colors” together. Twain recorded the song for the 2003 tribute album Just Because I’m a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton and later performed it in Parton’s honor at the Kennedy Center.

"Dolly was pure light sent from heaven," Twain wrote on Instagram. "My mentor is gone. My songwriting teacher and hero of grace and humility."

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger kept his remembrance simple, sharing photos of himself with Parton on X.

"What a wonderful songwriter and singer Dolly was," he said. "She brought so many people together, we will all miss her so much."

Parton’s died this week at 80 following a “brief battle with cancer," a statement from her family said. Parton died in Nashville after a seven-decade career that made her one of the most influential singers and songwriters in country music and beyond.

Her family plans to hold a small private service and has asked fans to donate to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the literacy program she founded in 1995, in lieu of flowers.