Genesis
- progressive rock
- art rock
- United Kingdom
- formed 1967, Godalming
- disbanded 2022, London
- 1 album
- 10 Dutch Top 40 hits
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
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 members of Genesis over the years: eleven members, with the years they belonged to the group, including anyone who left for a while and came back. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones 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
Albums by Genesis
Click the cover and you get the tracks per side, with the whole album on Spotify.
Biggest hits of Genesis
Genesis had ten records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first. The graph with each record shows how it moved through the chart week by week. These are the five biggest. The button below opens all entries.
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 Dutch Top 40 entries of Genesis
Source: top40.nl
Frequently asked questions
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 for each member the years they belonged; the names are also in the side column.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Genesis have?
Ten records made 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. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week. This page shows the five biggest; the button below opens all entries.
How many albums by Genesis are in the collection?
There is one: Turn It on Again: The Hits, from 1999. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify.
Where can you see and hear Genesis?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after 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.