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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share under the two-class method (in millions, except share and per share data):

			Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
			2020												2019												2018
			Class A						Class B						Class A						Class B						Class A						Class B
Basic and Diluted EPS:
Numerator
Net (loss) income attributable to Warner Music Group Corp.			$	(21)					$	(454)					$	—					$	256					$	—					$	307
Less: Net income attributable to participating securities			(1)						—						—						—						—						—
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders			$	(22)					$	(454)					$	—					$	256					$	—					$	307
Denominator
Weighted average shares outstanding			26,897,115						477,624,846						0						501,991,944						0						502,630,835
Basic and Diluted EPS			$	(0.82)					$	(0.95)					$	—					$	0.51					$	—					$	0.61

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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