The albums discography of American singer Johnny Cash spans his lengthy career, from 1954 to 2003. It includes the release of 130 albums, most of them for Columbia Records. Over the years, Cash also collaborated with many of the industry's most notable artists.
Studio albums 1950s Title Details Peak positions US Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! Release date: October 14, 1957 Label: Sun Format: LP —The Fabulous Johnny Cash Release date: November 3, 1958 Label: Columbia Format: LP 19 Hymns by Johnny Cash Released: March 2, 1959 Label: Columbia Format: LP — Songs of Our Soil Released: July 6, 1959 Label: Columbia Format: LP — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1960s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US UK Now, There Was a Song! Released: May 2, 1960 Label: Columbia Format: LP — — — Ride This Train Released: August 1, 1960 Label: Columbia Format: LP — — — Hymns from the Heart Released: April 2, 1962 Label: Columbia Format: LP — — — The Sound of Johnny Cash Released: June 4, 1962 Label: Columbia Format: LP — — — Blood, Sweat and Tears Released: January 7, 1963 Label: Columbia Format: LP — 80 — The Christmas Spirit Released: November 11, 1963 Label: Columbia Format: LP — 7 Keep on the Sunny Side Released: April 6, 1964 Label: Columbia Format: LP — — I Walk the Line Released: June 22, 1964 Label: Columbia Format: LP 1 53 — RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Released: October 26, 1964 Label: Columbia Format: LP 2 47 — Orange Blossom Special Released: February 22, 1965 Label: Columbia Format: LP 3 49 — Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West Released: August 2, 1965 Label: Columbia Format: LP — — — Everybody Loves a Nut Released: May 2, 1966 Label: Columbia Format: LP 5 88 28 Happiness Is You Released: October 10, 1966 Label: Columbia Format: LP 10 — — Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Released: August 7, 1967 Label: Columbia Format: LP 5 194 — From Sea to Shining Sea Released: January 15, 1968 Label: Columbia Format: LP 9 — 40 The Holy Land Released: January 6, 1969 Label: Columbia Format: LP 6 54 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US AUS CAN UK Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Released: January 26, 1970 Label: Columbia 1 6 9 3 6 RIAA: Gold Man in Black Released: May 31, 1971 Label: Columbia 1 56 — 43 18 A Thing Called Love Released: April 3, 1972 Label: Columbia 2 112 — — 8 America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song Released: August 7, 1972 Label: Columbia 3 176 — — — The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Released: December 4, 1972 Label: Columbia — — — — — Any Old Wind That Blows Released: January 15, 1973 Label: Columbia 5 188 — — — Johnny Cash and His Woman Released: September 3, 1973 Label: Columbia 32 — — — — Ragged Old Flag Released: May 6, 1974 Label: Columbia 16 — — — — The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me Released: September 23, 1974 Label: Columbia 48 — — — — The Johnny Cash Children's Album Released: January 1, 1975 Label: Columbia — — — — — Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories Released: January 2, 1975 Label: Columbia — — — — — John R. Cash Released: April 28, 1975 Label: Columbia — — — — — Look at Them Beans Released: September 29, 1975 Label: Columbia 38 — — — — One Piece at a Time Released: May 17, 1976 Label: Columbia 2 185 — — 49 The Last Gunfighter Ballad Released: January 1, 1977 Label: Columbia 29 — — — — The Rambler Released: June 27, 1977 Label: Columbia 31 — — — — I Would Like to See You Again Released: April 10, 1978 Label: Columbia 23 — — — — Gone Girl Released: November 13, 1978 Label: Columbia — — — — — Silver Released: August 13, 1979 Label: Columbia 28 — — — — A Believer Sings the Truth Released: October 1979 Label: Cachet 43 — — 10 — Sings with the BC Goodpasture Christian School Released: 1979 Label: Cachet — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US Country US AUS CAN Country Rockabilly Blues Released: September 22, 1980 Label: Columbia — — — 23 Classic Christmas Released: November 3, 1980 Label: Columbia — — — — The Baron Released: June 1, 1981 Label: Columbia 24 — 54 — The Adventures of Johnny Cash Released: September 6, 1982 Label: Columbia — — — — Johnny 99 Released: August 29, 1983 Label: Columbia — — — — Highwayman Released: May 6, 1985 Label: Columbia 1 92 5 — RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum Rainbow Released: October 28, 1985 Label: Columbia — — — — Heroes Released: May 19, 1986 Label: Columbia 13 — — — Class of '55: Memphis Rock and Roll Homecoming Released: May 26, 1986 Label: America 15 87 — — Believe in Him Released: July 21, 1986 Label: Word — — — — Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Released: April 13, 1987 Label: Mercury 36 — — — Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series Released: September 19, 1988 Label: Mercury — — — — Water from the Wells of Home Released: October 10, 1988 Label: Mercury 48 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications US Country US AUS CAN Country CAN Boom Chicka Boom Released: January 22, 1990 Label: Mercury 48 — — — — Highwayman 2 Released: February 27, 1990 Label: Columbia 4 79 9 — — ARIA: Gold The Mystery of Life Released: February 19, 1991 Label: Mercury 70 — — — — Country Christmas Released: September 20, 1991 Label: Delta 52 — — — — American Recordings Released: April 26, 1994 Label: American Recordings 23 110 — 9 72 BPI: Silver The Road Goes On Forever Released: April 4, 1995 Label: Liberty 42 — — — — American II: Unchained Released: November 5, 1996 Label: American Recordings 26 170 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US AUS CAN UK American III: Solitary Man Released: October 17, 2000 Label: American Recordings 11 88 — — — BPI: Gold American IV: The Man Comes Around Released: November 5, 2002 Label: American Recordings 2 22 — — 40 RIAA: Platinum BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum My Mother's Hymn Book Released: April 6, 2004 Label: American Recordings 27 194 — — — American V: A Hundred Highways Released: July 4, 2006 Label: American Recordings 1 1 25 4 9 RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Gold "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2010s–2020s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US AUS CAN UK American VI: Ain't No Grave Released: February 23, 2010 Label: American Recordings 2 3 22 4 9 BPI: Silver Out Among the Stars Released: March 21, 2014 Label: Columbia, Legacy Recordings 1 3 4 2 4 BPI: Silver Songwriter Released: June 28, 2024 Label: Mercury Nashville, UMe 23 92 64 — 42 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US AUS CAN At Folsom Prison Released: May 6, 1968 Label: Columbia 1 13 — 27 RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Platinum At San Quentin Released: June 16, 1969 Label: Columbia 1 1 12 1 RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold MC: Platinum The Johnny Cash Show Released: October 19, 1970 Label: Columbia 1 44 — 36 RIAA: Gold På Österåker Released: September 1, 1973 Label: Columbia — — — — Strawberry Cake Released: March 1, 1976 Label: Columbia 33 — — — The Survivors Released: April 23, 1982 Label: Columbia 21 — — — Koncert v Praze (In Prague-Live) Released: October 1, 1983 Label: Columbia — — — — VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson Released: June 6, 1998 Label: American Recordings 25 56 — — At Madison Square Garden Released: August 27, 2002 Label: Columbia 39 196 — — A Concert Behind Prison Walls Released: September 23, 2003 Label: Eagle — — — — Live from Austin, TX Released: November 1, 2005 Label: New West Records — — — — The Great Lost Performance - Live at theParamount Theatre, Asbury Park, New Jersey Released: July 24, 2007 Label: Island 60 — — — Live in Ireland Released: January 1, 2009 Label: Island Def Jam — — — — Man in Black: Johnny Cash Live in Denmark 1971 Released: December 4, 2015 Label: Columbia — — — — ARIA: 5× Platinum (DVD) A Night to Remember Released: September 30, 2020 Label: Third Man Records/Columbia/Legacy — — — — Bear's Sonic Journals: At the Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968 Released: October 29, 2021 Label: Owsley Stanley Foundation — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Soundtrack albums Title Details Peak chartpositions US Country US Little Fauss and Big Halsy Released: November 23, 1970 Label: Columbia — — I Walk the Line Released:November 23, 1970 Label: Columbia 9 176 The Gospel Road Released: April 2, 1973 Label: Columbia 12 — Return to the Promised Land Released: November 21, 2000 Label: Renaissance — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums 1950s Title Details Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous Released: December 1, 1958 Label: Sun Format: LP Greatest! Released: October 19, 1959 Label: Sun Format: LP
1960s Title Details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams Released: September 5, 1960 Label: Sun Format: LP — — Now Here's Johnny Cash Released: June 26, 1961 Label: Sun Format: LP — — All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash Released: December 3, 1962 Label: Sun Format: LP — — RIAA: Gold Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash Release date: July 8, 1963 Label: Columbia 1 26 Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash Released: November 23, 1964 Label: Sun Format: LP — — Mean as Hell Release date: 1965 Label: Columbia Records 4 — Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits Release date: 1967 Label: Columbia Records 1 82 RIAA: 2× Platinum MC: Platinum Old Golden Throat Release date: 1968 Label: Columbia Records — — Legends and Love Songs Release date: 1968 Label: Columbia Records — — Heart of Cash Release date: 1968 Label: Columbia Records — — Golden Sounds of Country Music Release date: 1968 Label: Harmony Records — — Get Rhythm Release date: 1969 Label: Sun Records 30 164 Original Golden Hits, Volume I Release date: 1969 Label: Sun Records 4 95 Story Songs of the Trains and Rivers Release date: 1969 Label: Sun Records 2 197 More of Old Golden Throat Release date: 1969 Label: Columbia Records — — This Is Johnny Cash Release date: 1969 Label: Harmony Records — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales thresholds) US Country US AUS CAN Showtime Release date: 1970 Label: Sun Records 14 181 — — The World of Johnny Cash Release date: May 1, 1970 Label: Columbia Records 2 54 22 26 RIAA: Gold The Singing Storyteller Release date: 1970 Label: Sun Records 45 186 — — Original Golden Hits, Volume II Release date: 1970 Label: Sun Records 3 98 — — Johnny Cash: The Legend Release date: 1970 Label: Sun Records — — — — The Rough Cut King of Country Music Release date: 1970 Label: Sun Records — — — — Sunday Down South Release date: 1970 Label: Sun Records — — — — The Walls of a Prison Release date: 1970 Label: Harmony Records — — — — Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music Release date: 1971 Label: Sun Records — — — — Original Golden Hits, Volume III Release date: 1971 Label: Sun Records — — — — The Johnny Cash Collection:Greatest Hits Volume II Release date: 1971 Label: Columbia Records 5 94 — — RIAA: Platinum The Mighty Johnny Cash Release date: 1971 Label: Hallmark Cards — — — — International Superstar Release date: 1972 Label: Columbia Records — — — — Understand Your Man Release date: 1972 Label: Harmony Records — — — — Big River Release date: 1972