# Habib Koité | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 17:51 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Habib Koité
- Visible lyric pages: 3

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `habib-koite`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 17:51 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-d36db1ada2b690c7
- Visible lyric pages: 3
- Pages with stored lyric text: 3
- Video-backed song pages: 3
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 2630
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 201
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 18
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Wassyé, Sirata, and Cigarette a Bana (The Cigarette is Finished)
- Current-month titles with activity: Sirata, Cigarette a Bana (The Cigarette is Finished), and Wassyé
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Habib Koité is a Malian guitarist and singer who started playing as a teenager in Bamako. He taught himself the instrument, drawing from traditional Malian melodies and rhythms. His music often blends those local sounds with Western influences, which led to some early criticism from traditionalists. He kept at it, and his 1998 album Baro helped bring him wider attention outside Mali. One of his best-known songs is Cigarette a...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Wassyé — https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite/wassye
2. Sirata — https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite/sirata
3. Cigarette a Bana (The Cigarette is Finished) — https://lyroverse.com/habib-koite/cigarette-a-bana-the-cigarette-is-finished