1) I'm not saying those other people aren't masters as well. Clearly they are. I listen to all of them, frequently. 2) When I say "Michael Jackson", I am refer

1) I'm not saying those other people aren't masters as well. Clearly they are. I listen to all of them, frequently. 2) When I say "Michael Jackson", I am referring to the entire 'product' known as Michael Jackson. If I said "Apple has some good laptops" you don't say "Actually it was Jonathan Ives that designed them." Most of MJ's famous hits were primarily written by the person himself, though. Produced by Quincy Jones, yes. Not written. Those two terms have come to be commonly conflated recently.