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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2022
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,
| 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
| (in millions)
Revenue by Type |  |  |  |  |
Digital | $ | 3,305 |  |  | $ | 3,105 |  |  | $ | 2,568 |
Physical | 563 |  |  | 549 |  |  | 434 |
Total Digital and Physical | 3,868 |  |  | 3,654 |  |  | 3,002 |
Artist services and expanded-rights | 767 |  |  | 599 |  |  | 525 |
Licensing | 331 |  |  | 291 |  |  | 283 |
Total Recorded Music | 4,966 |  |  | 4,544 |  |  | 3,810 |
Performance | 159 |  |  | 122 |  |  | 142 |
Digital | 563 |  |  | 436 |  |  | 337 |
Mechanical | 50 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 48 |
Synchronization | 172 |  |  | 144 |  |  | 119 |
Other | 14 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 11 |
Total Music Publishing | 958 |  |  | 761 |  |  | 657 |
Intersegment eliminations | (5) |  |  | (4) |  |  | (4) |
Total Revenues | $ | 5,919 |  |  | $ | 5,301 |  |  | $ | 4,463 |
Revenue by Geographical Location |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Recorded Music | $ | 2,231 |  |  | $ | 1,985 |  |  | $ | 1,609 |
U.S. Music Publishing | 513 |  |  | 378 |  |  | 325 |
Total U.S. | 2,744 |  |  | 2,363 |  |  | 1,934 |
International Recorded Music | 2,735 |  |  | 2,559 |  |  | 2,201 |
International Music Publishing | 445 |  |  | 383 |  |  | 332 |
Total International | 3,180 |  |  | 2,942 |  |  | 2,533 |
Intersegment eliminations | (5) |  |  | (4) |  |  | (4) |
Total Revenues | $ | 5,919 |  |  | $ | 5,301 |  |  | $ | 4,463 |
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, 2022 are as follows:
| FY23 |  | FY24 |  | FY25 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
| (in millions)
Remaining performance obligations | $ | 625 |  |  | $ | 275 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 903 |
Total | $ | 625 |  |  | $ | 275 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 903 |

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