Genius

Crowdsourced music knowledge — the Genius/Rap Genius platform. The Genius API exposes structured metadata for songs, artists, albums, annotations, referents, and contributors. Raw lyric text is not served by the API; consumers receive the public song page URL and scrape lyrics from there.

Genius is listed with 9 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Albums API, Annotations API, and 6 more. Tagged areas include Music, Lyrics, Annotation, Crowdsourced, and Reference Data.

The Genius catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Genius’ developer surface includes authentication, tooling, and 18 more developer resources.

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34.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 26/100 agent aware Front door AI 2/6 trace Heartbeat 64/100 alive saas Full breakdown ↓
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9 APIs

Music Lyrics Annotation Crowdsourced Reference Data Public APIs

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 34.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 5.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 6.3 / 15

Access Clarity 4.3 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.3 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 5.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.6 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 26/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 28.9 — up to +17.8 composite points
Access Clarity scores 28.9 — up to +14.2 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 2.6 — up to +12.7 composite points

Each check links to what satisfies it. Publish the artifact, or tell us where it already lives, and the score moves on the next scoring run.

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Raycast Store Extensions (first-party publishers + community-wrapped products)	covered	26.8 (thin)	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Genius Account API

Authenticated user account.

Genius Albums API

Album metadata, tracks, cover art, and leaderboards.

Genius Annotations API

Community annotations attached to lyric fragments.

Genius Artists API

Artist profiles, discography, followers, and leaderboards.

Genius Referents API

Lyric fragments (referents) and their attached annotations.

Genius Search API

Full-text search across the Genius corpus.

Genius Songs API

Song metadata, contributors, and activity.

Genius Users API

Genius user profiles and contributions.

Genius Web Pages API

Web page lookup for the annotation network.

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Open Collections 10

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Genius Account API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Albums API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Annotations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Artists API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Referents API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Songs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius Account Web Pages API

OPEN COLLECTION

Genius API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Genius API pricing

Not yet checked against Genius's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-29; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Free Developer	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Genius Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Genius Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Genius

SLA

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Genius Context

0 classes · 35 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Genius — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Genius API Rules

13 rules · 8 errors 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 7

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

GeniusAlbum

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeniusAnnotation

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeniusArtist

15 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeniusReferent

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeniusSong

25 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeniusUser

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GeniusWebPage

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Genius Annotation Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Genius Song Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 7

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Genius Get Annotation Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Genius Get Artist Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Genius Get Referents Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Genius Get Song Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Genius List Artist Songs Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Genius Lookup Web Page Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Genius Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Genius Authentication

http/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Genius Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Genius Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Genius Agentic Access

30 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRuleset

SpectralRuleset

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

APIClientRegistration

APIClientRegistration

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

MCP Server (jchoi2x/genius-mcp)

Tools

MCP Server (federicogarciav/genius-mcp)

Tools

MCP Server (Sergiolm17/genius-mcp-server)

Tools

omniauth-genius (OAuth strategy)

Tools

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

PublicAPIsListing

PublicAPIsListing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: genius
name: Genius
description: Crowdsourced music knowledge — the Genius/Rap Genius platform. The Genius API exposes structured metadata for
  songs, artists, albums, annotations, referents, and contributors. Raw lyric text is not served by the API; consumers receive
  the public song page URL and scrape lyrics from there.
url: https://docs.genius.com/
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://assets.genius.com/images/apple-touch-icon.png
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-10-06'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Music
x-type: company
x-tier: 2
x-tier-reason: enriched-with-openapi-capabilities-and-schemas
x-docs-platform: slate
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-03
tags:
- Music
- Lyrics
- Annotation
- Crowdsourced
- Reference Data
- Public APIs
tags_raw:
- Music
- Lyrics
- Annotations
- Crowdsourced
- Reference Data
- Public APIs
apis:
- aid: genius:genius-account-api
  name: Genius Account API
  description: Authenticated user account.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-albums-api
  name: Genius Albums API
  description: Album metadata, tracks, cover art, and leaderboards.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Albums
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-albums-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-annotations-api
  name: Genius Annotations API
  description: Community annotations attached to lyric fragments.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Annotation
  tags_raw:
  - Annotations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-annotations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-artists-api
  name: Genius Artists API
  description: Artist profiles, discography, followers, and leaderboards.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Artists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-artists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-referents-api
  name: Genius Referents API
  description: Lyric fragments (referents) and their attached annotations.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Referents
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-referents-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-search-api
  name: Genius Search API
  description: Full-text search across the Genius corpus.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-songs-api
  name: Genius Songs API
  description: Song metadata, contributors, and activity.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Songs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-songs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-users-api
  name: Genius Users API
  description: Genius user profiles and contributions.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
- aid: genius:genius-web-pages-api
  name: Genius Web Pages API
  description: Web page lookup for the annotation network.
  humanURL: https://docs.genius.com/
  baseURL: https://api.genius.com
  tags:
  - Web Pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/genius-web-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.genius.com/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://genius.com/api-clients
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.genius.com/#/authentication-h1
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://genius.com/static/terms
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-song-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-artist-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-album-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-annotation-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-referent-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-user-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/genius-web-page-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-song-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/genius-annotation-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-search-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-song-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-artist-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-list-artist-songs-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-referents-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-get-annotation-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/genius-lookup-web-page-example.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/johnwmillr/LyricsGenius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/fedecalendino/wrap-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/jahrlin/genius-api
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/bookercodes/node-genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/timrogers/genius
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/simivar/Genius-PHP
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geniusr/
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/genius-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/genius-rate-limits.yml
- url: https://genius.com/articles
  type: BlogRSS
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/genius-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/genius-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/genius-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/genius-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://genius.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.genius.com/
- type: APIClientRegistration
  url: https://genius.com/api-clients
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://genius.com/static/terms
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Genius
- type: SpectralRuleset
  url: rules/genius-rules.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/genius-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/genius-vocabulary.yml
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (jchoi2x/genius-mcp)
  url: https://github.com/jchoi2x/genius-mcp
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (federicogarciav/genius-mcp)
  url: https://github.com/federicogarciav/genius-mcp
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (Sergiolm17/genius-mcp-server)
  url: https://mcp.so/server/genius-mcp-server/Sergiolm17
- type: Tools
  title: omniauth-genius (OAuth strategy)
  url: https://github.com/Genius/omniauth-genius
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Genius API — frequently asked questions

Does Genius have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 9 APIs from Genius, including Genius Account API, Genius Albums API and Genius Annotations API, and 6 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Genius API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 9 OpenAPI specifications for Genius, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Genius API?

Genius documents its authentication (http/oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Genius Authentication.

How much does the Genius API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Genius, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Genius API ready for AI agents?

Genius has a Kin Score of 34.4 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 25.8 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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