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Awards archive

Awards & Honors

Browse wins, nominations, and honors across Johnny Cash’s career.

206
Main awards
135
Won
71
Nominated
1956–2024
Years

Showing 218 records including 12 special honors

Johnny Cash earned a remarkable range of awards and honors during his lifetime, and major recognitions have continued after his death. This list aims to bring those awards, honors, and special recognitions together in one place. His Hall of Fame record is especially rare, spanning country, songwriting, rock and gospel, with inductions that stretch from 1977 to 2013. Country Music Television also distributed the Johnny Cash Visionary Award from 2004 to 2007.

  • 2024
    Statue installed in U.S. Capitol
    Won
    National Statuary Hall
    Ceremony date: September 24, 2024

    First musician ever honored

  • 2018
    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Won
    Arkansas Country Music Awards
    Ceremony date: June 3, 2018
  • 2018
    Grammy Hall of Fame
    Won
    Grammy Awards
    At Folsom Prison
    Ceremony date: January 28, 2018

    60th Annual

  • 2015
    Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award
    Won
    Country Music Association Awards
    Ceremony date: November 4, 2015

    49th Annual; posthumous

  • 2015
    Inducted
    Won
    Music City Walk of Fame
  • 2013
    U.S. Postage Stamp
    Won
    U.S. Postal Service
    Ceremony date: June 5, 2013
  • 2013
    Inducted
    Won
    Memphis Music Hall of Fame
  • 2011
    Greatest Music Video of All Time
    Won
    NME
    Hurt
    Ceremony date: June 2, 2011
  • 2011
    Best Short Form Music Video
    Nominated
    Grammy Awards
    Ain't No Grave / The Johnny Cash Project
    Ceremony date: February 13, 2011

    53rd Annual

  • 2011
    Inducted
    Won
    Gospel Music Hall of Fame

    Trinity Music City, Hendersonville TN

  • 2010
    Best Long Form Music Video
    Nominated
    Grammy Awards
    Johnny Cash's America
    Ceremony date: January 31, 2010

    52nd Annual

  • 2010
    The Innovative Award
    Won
    UK Music Video Awards
    Ain't No Grave
  • 2008
    Best Short Form Video
    Won
    Grammy Awards
    God's Gonna Cut You Down
    Ceremony date: February 10, 2008

    50th Annual

  • 2007
    Inducted
    Won
    Hit Parade Hall of Fame
  • 2007
    Visionary Award
    Special
    Recipient: Kris Kristofferson
  • 2007
    Wide Open Country Video of the Year
    Nominated
    CMT Music Awards
    God's Gonna Cut You Down
  • 2006
    Best Boxed/Special Ltd. Edition Package
    Won
    Grammy Awards
    The Legend
    Ceremony date: February 8, 2006

    48th Annual

  • 2006
    Visionary Award
    Special
    Recipient: Hank Williams, Jr.
  • 2006
    Favorite Country Album
    Nominated
    American Music Awards
    The Legend of Johnny Cash
  • 2005
    Best Pop Collab. w/ Vocals
    Nominated
    Grammy Awards
    Redemption Song
    Ceremony date: February 13, 2005
    Collaborators: Joe Strummer

    47th Annual

  • 2005
    Best Male Country Vocal
    Nominated
    Grammy Awards
    Engine One-Forty-Three
    Ceremony date: February 13, 2005

    47th Annual

  • 2005
    Visionary Award
    Special
    Recipient: Loretta Lynn
  • 2004
    Best Short Form Video
    Won
    Grammy Awards
    Hurt
    Ceremony date: February 8, 2004

    46th Annual; posthumous

  • 2004
    Best Country Album
    Won
    Grammy Awards
    Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers
    Ceremony date: February 8, 2004

    46th Annual; various artists

  • 2004
    Best Country Collab. w/ Vocals
    Nominated
    Grammy Awards
    Temptation
    Ceremony date: February 8, 2004
    Collaborators: June Carter Cash

    46th Annual

  • 2004
    Grammy Hall of Fame
    Won
    Grammy Awards
    At San Quentin
    Ceremony date: February 8, 2004
  • 2004
    Visionary Award
    Special
    Recipient: Reba McEntire
  • 2004
    Video of the Year
    Nominated
    Academy of Country Music Awards
    Hurt
  • 2004
    Special Event Album of the Year
    Nominated
    Dove Awards (GMA)
    Mansion Over the Hilltop
  • 2004
    Recorded Event of the Year
    Won
    International Bluegrass Music Association
    Livin Lovin Losin: Songs of the Louvin Brothers
    Collaborators: Joe Nichols; Rhonda Vincent; Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell; James Taylor; Alison Krauss; Vince Gill; Terri Clark; Merle Haggard; Carl Jackson; Ronnie Dunn; Rebecca Lynn Howard; Glen Campbell; Leslie Satcher; Kathy Louvin; Pamela Brown Hayes; Linda Ronstadt; Patty Loveless; Jon Randall; Harley Allen; Dierks Bentley; Larry Cordle; Jerry Salley; Dolly Parton; Sonya Isaacs; Marty Stuart; Del McCoury; Pam Tillis; Johnny Cash & the Jordanaires