# João Leão | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/joao-leao
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/joao-leao/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 05:40 UTC

## Discovery links

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

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: João Leão
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `joao-leao`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 05:40 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-ab1b73c038ec4c04
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 590
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Canção do Silêncio
- 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

João Leão was born in Aveiro, Portugal in 1946. He sang in youth choirs and folk ensembles before starting a solo career in the late 1960s. His song "Canção do Silêncio" came out in 1971. It became well-known in Portugal, with lyrics that sometimes came from poets like Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen. Leão's career had some difficult periods, including personal struggles and disagreements with the music industry. He kept...

## 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. Canção do Silêncio — https://lyroverse.com/joao-leao/cancao-do-silencio