Johnny Cash has been nominated for three posthumous awards in the Mojo Honours List.

The country singer is in the running for the Icon Award alongside David Bowie, Neil Young, Van Morrison and Scott Walker.

The other categories are The Inspiration Award and Catalogue Release of the Year for his five-CD collection, Johnny Cash - The Legend.

Three years after his death, the country music legend is back in the limelight thanks to the success of Hollywood biopic Walk The Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon.

Mojo editor-in-chief Phil Alexander said: "The Mojo Honours List is not about the biggest names or the hottest acts that will be forgotten within a year. It is about artists that have stayed or will stay the course.

"The event was created to recognise those artists that have enriched our rich musical culture and that's what it continues to do."

The awards ceremony takes place on June 5 at Shoreditch Town Hall in east London.