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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Summary of Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company’s revenue consists of the following categories, which aggregate into the segments – Recorded Music and Music Publishing:

			Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
			2020						2019						2018
			(in millions)
Revenue by Type
Digital			$	2,568					$	2,343					$	2,019
Physical			434						559						630
Total Physical and Digital			3,002						2,902						2,649
Artist services and expanded-rights			525						629						389
Licensing			283						309						322
Total Recorded Music			3,810						3,840						3,360
Performance			142						183						212
Digital			337						271						237
Mechanical			48						55						72
Synchronization			119						120						119
Other			11						14						13
Total Music Publishing			657						643						653
Intersegment eliminations			(4)						(8)						(8)
Total Revenues			$	4,463					$	4,475					$	4,005
Revenue by Geographical Location
U.S. Recorded Music			$	1,609					$	1,656					$	1,460
U.S. Music Publishing			325						300						294
Total U.S.			1,934						1,956						1,754
International Recorded Music			2,201						2,184						1,900
International Music Publishing			332						343						359
Total International			2,533						2,527						2,259
Intersegment eliminations			(4)						(8)						(8)
Total Revenues			$	4,463					$	4,475					$	4,005

Summary of Revenues Expected to be Recognized in Future Related to Performance Obligations

Revenues expected to be recognized in the future related to performance obligations that are unsatisfied at September 30, 2020 are as follows:

			FY21						FY22						FY23						Thereafter						Total
			(in millions)
Remaining performance obligations			$	888					$	73					$	1					$	—					$	962
Total			$	888					$	73					$	1					$	—					$	962

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Tabular disclosure of disaggregation of revenue into categories depicting how nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factor.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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Tabular disclosure of expected timing for satisfying remaining performance obligation.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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