| The Legend of Johnny Cash | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| Cover: | The Legend of Johnny Cash.jpg |
| Alt: | Producer = Rick Rubin |
| Released: | October 25, 2005 |
| Recorded: | 1955–2002 |
| Length: | 64:58 |
| Producer: | Rick Rubin |
| Prev Title: | The Legend |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
The Legend of Johnny Cash is a single-disc compilation album of American musician and singer Johnny Cash's career. It is the first such album to contain material from Cash's American Recordings era in addition to songs from his time at Sun and Columbia, as well as one track recorded for Island Records. It was released on October 25, 2005, on the Island/American/Columbia/Legacy record labels and tied to the release of the Cash biopic Walk the Line. In the wake of that film's success its sales made the compilation an overwhelming success. The album was certified Gold on December 7, 2005, Platinum on December 14, 2005, and 2× Platinum on May 19, 2006, by the RIAA. As of November 2017, the album has sold 3,866,300 copies in the United States.[1]
A UK version entitled Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash has a different track listing.
A version released in the UK entitled Ring of Fire: The Legend of Johnny Cash has a slightly altered track listing, with some of the above songs absent and others, such as covers of U2's "One" and Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus", included in their place. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234145/http://www.gracenote.com/music/album.html/tradcountry/33a304785515def111ce1a97184f4c7c.html
| Chart (2006) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] | 71 | |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4] | 82 | |
| UK Albums (OCC)[5] | 64 | |
| US Billboard 200[6] | 9 | |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] | 4 |
| Chart (2007) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[8] | 191 | |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] | 32 |