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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

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,
			2021						2020						2019
			(in millions)
Revenue by Type
Digital			$	3,105					$	2,568					$	2,343
Physical			549						434						559
Total Physical and Digital			3,654						3,002						2,902
Artist services and expanded-rights			599						525						629
Licensing			291						283						309
Total Recorded Music			4,544						3,810						3,840
Performance			122						142						183
Digital			436						337						271
Mechanical			49						48						55
Synchronization			144						119						120
Other			10						11						14
Total Music Publishing			761						657						643
Intersegment eliminations			(4)						(4)						(8)
Total Revenues			$	5,301					$	4,463					$	4,475
Revenue by Geographical Location
U.S. Recorded Music			$	1,985					$	1,609					$	1,656
U.S. Music Publishing			378						325						300
Total U.S.			2,363						1,934						1,956
International Recorded Music			2,559						2,201						2,184
International Music Publishing			383						332						343
Total International			2,942						2,533						2,527
Intersegment eliminations			(4)						(4)						(8)
Total Revenues			$	5,301					$	4,463					$	4,475

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, 2021 are as follows:

			FY22						FY23						FY24						Thereafter						Total
			(in millions)
Remaining performance obligations			$	483					$	306					$	120					$	1					$	910
Total			$	483					$	306					$	120					$	1					$	910

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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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