diff --git a/beetsplug/lyrics.py b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
index 16699d9d3..0e797d5a3 100644
--- a/beetsplug/lyrics.py
+++ b/beetsplug/lyrics.py
@@ -395,13 +395,21 @@ class Genius(Backend):
 
         song_info = None
         for hit in json["response"]["hits"]:
-            if hit["result"]["primary_artist"]["name"] == artist:
+            # Genius uses zero-width characters to denote lowercase
+            # artist names.
+            hit_artist = hit["result"]["primary_artist"]["name"]. \
+                strip(u'\u200b').lower()
+
+            if hit_artist == artist.lower():
                 song_info = hit
                 break
 
         if song_info:
+            self._log.debug(u'fetched: {0}', song_info["result"]["url"])
             song_api_path = song_info["result"]["api_path"]
             return self.lyrics_from_song_api_path(song_api_path)
+        else:
+            self._log.debug(u'genius: no matching artist')
 
 
 class LyricsWiki(SymbolsReplaced):
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index ffbcf3b97..fe3a8e8af 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ Fixes:
 * :doc:`/plugins/bpd`: Fix the transition to next track when in consume mode.
   Thanks to :user:`aereaux`.
   :bug:`3437`
+* :doc:`/plugins/lyrics`: Fix a corner-case with Genius lowercase artist names
+  :bug:`3446`
 * :doc:`/plugins/replaygain`: Support ``bs1770gain`` v0.6.0 and up
   :bug:`3480`