I do not agree with this.
Almost every single opera/ musical star in existence let alone the recording artists fits that description.
Your definition is too narrow.
Webster has
artist
noun
art·ist | \ ˈär-tist \
Definition of artist
1a obsolete
: one skilled or versed in learned arts
barchaic
: PHYSICIAN
carchaic
: ARTISAN sense 1
2a
: one who professes and practices an imaginative art
b
: a person skilled in one of the fine arts
3
: a skilled performer
especially
: ARTISTE
4
: one who is adept at something
con artist
strikeout artist
if i may add. An artist also brings work to life. words music on a page may be art, but the synergy between
the vocalist, the dance, the team, the expressions and all the other aspects of preforming create.