| Forever Words | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | various artists |
| Cover: | Johnny Cash - Forever Words.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Alt: | In white on black: "JOHNNY CASH", in grey: "THE MUSIC", in white: "FOREVER WORDS" |
| Genre: | Country Folk, Americana |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Legacy |
| Producer: | John Carter Cash |
Forever Words is a 2018 album by various artists recording poetry and lyrics by Johnny Cash set to music for the first time. The album follows a 2016 book release of the poems entitled Forever Words: The Unknown Poems . The album includes a posthumously released track by Chris Cornell, who died in 2017. In 2020 and 2021, a deluxe version of the album was released in four waves, with a total of 18 additional songs. The first and second waves were released on October 23 and December 11, 2020 with the two remaining waves set for release on February 5 and April 2, 2021 respectively.
Deluxe Edition:
| Chart (2018) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 19 | |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 52 | |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 30 | |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) | 118 | |
| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) | 28 | |
| New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) | 8 | |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 40 | |
| US Billboard 200 | 66 | |
| US Billboard Country Albums | 9 |