Awards and Honors

Johnny Cash has earned a plethora of awards during his lifetime and even after his death he continues to garner various accolades, awards and honors. The following is a list that attempts to contain all of them. It is worth mentioning that Cash is the only artist, living or dead, to be inducted into all of the below stated halls of fame--and it is likely he always will be. Not only has Cash won many awards, but Country Music Television distributed "Johnny Cash Visionary Awards" from 2004 to 2007. The awards, after the hall of fame showcase, are listed alphabetically by institution.

Halls of Fame

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame - Inducted 1977
Songwriters Hall of Fame - Inducted 1977
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Inducted 1980
Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame - Inducted 1992
Rockabilly Hall of Fame - Inducted 1999
Hit Parade Hall of Fame - Inducted 2007
Gospel Music Hall of Fame - Inducted 2011
Memphis Music Hall of Fame - Inducted 2013

Academy of Country Music

1970 - TV Personality
1969 - TV Personality
1985 Single of the Year as part of The Highwaymen - "Highwayman"
1990 - Pioneer Award

Academy of Achievement

1988 Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award

American Music Awards

1976 - Award of Merit
1986 Favorite Video Group - Highwayman

Americana Music Association

2002 "Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award
2003 Album of the Year - "American IV: The Man Comes Around"
2003 Artist of the Year

Angel Award

1991 "The Spoken Word" Angel Award - Reading of the New Testament

Anti-Defamation League

1989 - Johnny Cash Americanism Award

Billboard

1958 Favorite Country & Western Artist
1959 Favorite Country Album - The Fabulous Johnny Cash

BMI Songwriter Awards

1956 Folsom Prison Blues
1956 I Walk the Line
1956 So Doggone Lonesome
1957 Next in Line
1957 Train of Love
1958 Big River
1958 Come in Stranger
1958 Home of the Blues
1958 It's a Little More Like Heaven Where You Are (also known as "You're The Nearest Thing to Heaven")
1959 All Over Again
1959 Don't Take Your Guns to Town
1959 I Got Stripes
1959 What Do I Care
1959 Luther's Boogie
1964 Understand Your Man
1969 Folsom Prison Blues
1969 Daddy Sang Bass

International Film and Television Festival of New York

1975 - Bronze Award - Ridin' The Rails

BSM Songwriter Award

1957 - There You Go

Cash Box Awards

1956 Most Promising Male Vocalist
1957 Most Programmed Male Country Vocalist
1958 Most Programmed Male Country Artist
1959 Male Country Vocalist of the Year

Country Music Association

1968 Album of the Year - "At Folsom Prison"
1969 Album of the Year - "At San Quentin"
1969 Entertainer of the Year
1969 Male Vocalist of the Year
1969 Single of the Year - "A Boy Named Sue"
1969 Founding President's Award
1969 Vocal Duo of the Year with June Carter Cash
2003 Irving Waugh Award of Excellence
2003 Album of the Year - "American IV: The Man Comes Around"
2003 Single of the Year - "Hurt"
2003 Music Video of the Year - "Hurt"

Country Music Association (Great Britain)

1970 - Album of the Year - "Johnny Cash At San Quentin"
1970 - Entertainer of the Year
1972 - Entertainer of the Year

Country Music Television Flame Worthy Video Music Awards

2003 - Special Achievement Award

Dove Awards

1972 Dove Award - Backliner notes for "Light"

Garner Webb University

1971 - Degree/Doctorate of Humanities

Golden Boot Awards

1989 Golden Boot Award

Grammy Awards

1968 Best Country & Western Performance, Duet, Trio Or Group with June Carter Cash - "Jackson"
1969 Best Album Notes - "At Folsom Prison"
1969 Best Male Country Vocal - "Folsom Prison Blues"
1970 Best Album Notes - "Nashville Skyline"
1970 Best Male Country Vocal - "A Boy Named Sue"
1971 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal with June Carter Cash - "If I Were A Carpenter"
1987 Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Album with Carl Perkins, Chips Moman. Jerry Lee Lewis, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison and Sam Philips - "Interviews from the Class of 55 Recording Sessions"
1991 The Living Legend Award

1995 Best Contemporary Folk Album - "American Recordings"
1998 Best Country Album - "Unchained"
1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Award - "I Walk The Line"
1998 Grammy Hall of Fame Award - "Ring of Fire"
1999 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2001 Best Country Male Vocal - "Solitary Man"
2002 Best Country Album - "Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute" (Cash performed "I Dreamed About Mama Last Night" on this compilation.)
2003 Best Country Male Vocal - "Give My Love To Rose"
2004 Best Short Form Video - "Hurt"
2006 Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package - "The Legend"
2008 Best Short Form Video - "God's Gonna Cut You Down"

Hollywood Walk of Fame

February 8, 1960

Horatio Alger

1997 - Horatio Alger Award

International Bluegrass Music Association

2004 - Recorded Event of the Year

Jewish National Fund

1986 - Shalom Peace Award

Kennedy Center Honors

Awarded in 1996

Listen Magazine

1972 - Man of the Year

MTV Video Music Awards

2003 Best Cinematography - "Hurt"

Metronome

1969 - Man of the Year

Music City News

1989 - Living Legend Award

Music Operators of America

1970 - Artist of the Year

National Association for Continuing Adult Education

1981 - President's Award

National Medal of Arts

Awarded in 2001

National University

1976 - Honorary Degree/Doctorate of Humane Letters

Newspaper Entertainment Association

1970 - Man of the Year

Record World

1970 - Album of the Year: Johnny Cash At San Quentin
1970 - Country Artist of the Decade

SESAC Songwriter and Publishing Awards

1969 Lorena
1972 Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man

SOS Children's Villages

2004 Children's Champion Award

Songwriter's Guild of America

1989 - Aggie Award

Spirit of America Festival

1972 - Audie Murphy Patriotism Award

UK Music Video Awards

2010 The Innovative Award - "Ain't No Grave"

United Nations

1979 - Humanitarian Award

Western Heritage Awards

1987 Bronze Wrangler - Stagecoach with Raymond Katz, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Elizabeth Ashely

Youth of Christ

1979 - Man of the Year

The following is a list of those who won the Anti-Defamation League's "Johnny Cash Americanism Award" for fighting against racism, prejudice and bigotry and defending democratic ideals.

1989 - Johnny Cash

1990 - John Seigenthaler

1991 - James F. Neal

1993 - Jim Ed Norman

2000 - Cal Turner, Jr.

2001 - Al Gore and Tipper Gore

Unknown - Joe B. Wyatt

Unknown - Gov. Ned Wherter

The following is a list of artists who won the Johnny Cash Visionary Award.

2004 - Reba McEntire

2005 - Loretta Lynn

2006 - Hank Williams, Jr.