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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 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:

			Three Months Ended June 30,																		Nine Months Ended June 30,
			2020						2019						2020						2019
			(in millions)
Revenue by Type
Digital			$	630					$	584					$	1,889					$	1,744
Physical			51						95						329						456
Total Digital and Physical			681						679						2,218						2,200
Artist services and expanded-rights			124						158						427						458
Licensing			56						76						207						229
Total Recorded Music			861						913						2,852						2,887
Performance			27						36						114						135
Digital			90						65						237						195
Mechanical			8						13						38						41
Synchronization			22						29						92						89
Other			2						4						7						10
Total Music Publishing			149						147						488						470
Intersegment eliminations			—						(2)						(3)						(6)
Total Revenues			$	1,010					$	1,058					$	3,337					$	3,351
Revenue by Geographical Location
U.S. Recorded Music			$	358					$	395					$	1,191					$	1,236
U.S. Music Publishing			74						71						242						219
Total U.S.			432						466						1,433						1,455
International Recorded Music			503						518						1,661						1,651
International Music Publishing			75						76						246						251
Total International			578						594						1,907						1,902
Intersegment eliminations			—						(2)						(3)						(6)
Total Revenues			$	1,010					$	1,058					$	3,337					$	3,351

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 June 30, 2020 are as follows:

			Rest of FY20						FY21						FY22						Thereafter						Total
			(in millions)
Remaining performance obligations			$	206					$	838					$	65					$	—					$	1,109
Total			$	206					$	838					$	65					$	—					$	1,109

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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
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