Genesis
- progressive rock
- art rock
- United Kingdom
- formed 1967, Godalming
- disbanded 2022, London
- 1 album
- 10 Dutch Top 40 hits
- 1999
Genesis is a group from the United Kingdom, formed in 1967 in Godalming and disbanded on 26 March 2022 in London. Over the years, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, Chris Stewart, John Mayhew, Mick Barnard and three others played in the group. The collection holds one album by the group: Turn It on Again: The Hits, from 1999. Ten records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot. The highest was I Can't Dance: number 1 in week 10 of 1992.
Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Albums by Genesis
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Sound of Genesis
Genesis sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 129 bpm.
Across 18 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of Genesis
The eleven members of Genesis, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. A linked name has its own page.
Tony Banks
Mike Rutherford
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
Anthony Phillips
Chris Stewart
John Mayhew
Steve Hackett
Ray Wilson
Jonathan Silver19701975198019851990199520002005201020152020Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
Biggest hits of Genesis
In the Dutch Top 40, Genesis had ten records. Each record shows its peak position, how long it stayed in the chart and the week of that peak. These are the five biggest. The button after the list opens all of them, with the run from week to week.
week 10, 199265weeks in the chart
with 10 records1978first entry
week 13, 19781992latest entry
week 50, 19928years with an entry
- 1I Can't DanceGenesis199212 weeks
- 7MamaGenesis19838 weeks
- 8Land of ConfusionGenesis19868 weeks
- 8No Son of MineGenesis19917 weeks
- 11Jesus He Knows MeGenesis19927 weeks
All 10 records by Genesis in the Dutch Top 40
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
How many albums by Genesis are in the collection?
There is one: Turn It on Again: The Hits, from 1999.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Genesis have?
Genesis had ten records in the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is I Can't Dance, which reached number 1 in week 10 of 1992.
Who played in Genesis?
Over the years that was Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Anthony Phillips, Chris Stewart, John Mayhew, Mick Barnard, Steve Hackett, Ray Wilson and Jonathan Silver. The timeline shows the years each member belonged to the group; anyone with a page of their own is linked in the side column.
How do you play the music of Genesis?
Open an album and use the round Spotify button after a track. The Dutch Top 40 entries have the same button. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.