During the awards show, Kelly Clarkson paid a beautiful tribute to Dolly Parton (via Variety). She covered the song Parton wrote that Whitney Houston later covered, "I Will Always Love You." After the performance, Parton said, "I know that Whitney is smiling down tonight," adding that she was "trying not to cry [her] eyelashes off and slinging snot in every direction."

The "American Idol" winner was excited going into her performance. She said on her talk show, "The Kelly Clarkson Show," "I'm super stoked because the one and only Dolly Parton is hosting and I have a special tribute planned just for her." And, her performance stole the show.

Fans on Twitter couldn't get enough of it, and one user gushed, "Just saw Kelly Clarkson sing 'I will always love you' to Dolly Parton and I've peaked in life." Another wrote, "Kelly Clarkson. that's it, that's the tweet." While someone else added, "I don't care who I offend by saying this — Kelly Clarkson is the best vocalist I've seen ... ever. That was gorgeous."

Clearly, fans will always love this Clarkson performance.