# William Onyeabor | LyroVerse

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

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/william-onyeabor
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/william-onyeabor/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 14:12 UTC

## Discovery links

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

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: William Onyeabor
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `william-onyeabor`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 14:12 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-fa53be366fb5532b
- 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: 814
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 0
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Fantastic Man
- 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

William Onyeabor was born in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1946. In the early 1970s, he started his own record label called Wilfilms and began putting out music that mixed traditional African rhythms with Western soul. He called this blend Afrobeat, though his version had its own distinct flavor. His 1977 album 'Who Is William Onyeabor?' included the track 'Fantastic Man,' which became his best-known song. The album's reissue in 2013 helped...

## 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. Fantastic Man — https://lyroverse.com/william-onyeabor/fantastic-man