diff --git a/beets/autotag/hooks.py b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
index 363bcaab4f..695d5edd61 100644
--- a/beets/autotag/hooks.py
+++ b/beets/autotag/hooks.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def __init__(
         country: Optional[str] = None,
         style: Optional[str] = None,
         genre: Optional[str] = None,
+        genres: Optional[str] = None,
         albumstatus: Optional[str] = None,
         media: Optional[str] = None,
         albumdisambig: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.country = country
         self.style = style
         self.genre = genre
+        self.genres = genres
         self.albumstatus = albumstatus
         self.media = media
         self.albumdisambig = albumdisambig
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ def __init__(
         bpm: Optional[str] = None,
         initial_key: Optional[str] = None,
         genre: Optional[str] = None,
+        genres: Optional[str] = None,
         album: Optional[str] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
@@ -255,6 +258,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.bpm = bpm
         self.initial_key = initial_key
         self.genre = genre
+        self.genres = genres
         self.album = album
         self.update(kwargs)
 
diff --git a/beets/library.py b/beets/library.py
index b97a80b13d..fe9bf6ae39 100644
--- a/beets/library.py
+++ b/beets/library.py
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ class Item(LibModel):
         "albumartist_credit": types.STRING,
         "albumartists_credit": types.MULTI_VALUE_DSV,
         "genre": types.STRING,
+        "genres": types.MULTI_VALUE_DSV,
         "style": types.STRING,
         "discogs_albumid": types.INTEGER,
         "discogs_artistid": types.INTEGER,
@@ -1173,6 +1174,7 @@ class Album(LibModel):
         "albumartists_credit": types.MULTI_VALUE_DSV,
         "album": types.STRING,
         "genre": types.STRING,
+        "genres": types.MULTI_VALUE_DSV,
         "style": types.STRING,
         "discogs_albumid": types.INTEGER,
         "discogs_artistid": types.INTEGER,
@@ -1229,6 +1231,7 @@ class Album(LibModel):
         "albumartists_credit",
         "album",
         "genre",
+        "genres",
         "style",
         "discogs_albumid",
         "discogs_artistid",
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9474604b42..4997f17dd9 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ New features:
 * :doc:`plugins/autobpm`: Add new configuration option ``beat_track_kwargs``
   which enables adjusting keyword arguments supplied to librosa's
   ``beat_track`` function call.
+* New multi-value `genres` tag
 
 Bug fixes:
 
diff --git a/test/test_library.py b/test/test_library.py
index 9b29505a3d..67c024c510 100644
--- a/test/test_library.py
+++ b/test/test_library.py
@@ -708,13 +708,13 @@ def test_if_def_false_complete(self):
         self._assert_dest(b"/base/not_played")
 
     def test_first(self):
-        self.i.genres = "Pop; Rock; Classical Crossover"
-        self._setf("%first{$genres}")
+        self.i.semicolon_delimited_field = "Pop; Rock; Classical Crossover"
+        self._setf("%first{$semicolon_delimited_field}")
         self._assert_dest(b"/base/Pop")
 
     def test_first_skip(self):
-        self.i.genres = "Pop; Rock; Classical Crossover"
-        self._setf("%first{$genres,1,2}")
+        self.i.semicolon_delimited_field = "Pop; Rock; Classical Crossover"
+        self._setf("%first{$semicolon_delimited_field,1,2}")
         self._assert_dest(b"/base/Classical Crossover")
 
     def test_first_different_sep(self):
@@ -1306,6 +1306,28 @@ def test_write_date_field(self):
         item.write()
         assert MediaFile(syspath(item.path)).year == clean_year
 
+    def test_write_multi_genres(self):
+        item = self.add_item_fixture(genre="old genre")
+        item.write(
+            tags={"genres": ["g1", "g2"]},
+        )
+
+        # Ensure it reads all genres
+        assert MediaFile(syspath(item.path)).genres == ["g1", "g2"]
+
+        # Ensure reading single genre outputs the first of the genres
+        assert MediaFile(syspath(item.path)).genre == "g1"
+
+    def test_write_multi_genres_both_single_and_multi(self):
+        item = self.add_item_fixture(genre="old genre 1")
+        item.write(
+            tags={"genre": "single genre", "genres": ["multi genre"]},
+        )
+
+        # Ensure the multi takes precedence
+        assert MediaFile(syspath(item.path)).genre == "multi genre"
+        assert MediaFile(syspath(item.path)).genres == ["multi genre"]
+
 
 class ItemReadTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_unreadable_raise_read_error(self):