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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Schedule 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,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
| (in millions)
Revenue by Type |  |  |  |  |
Digital | $ | 3,322 |  |  | $ | 3,305 |  |  | $ | 3,105 |
Physical | 507 |  |  | 563 |  |  | 549 |
Total Digital and Physical | 3,829 |  |  | 3,868 |  |  | 3,654 |
Artist services and expanded-rights | 744 |  |  | 767 |  |  | 599 |
Licensing | 382 |  |  | 331 |  |  | 291 |
Total Recorded Music | 4,955 |  |  | 4,966 |  |  | 4,544 |
Performance | 173 |  |  | 159 |  |  | 122 |
Digital | 669 |  |  | 563 |  |  | 436 |
Mechanical | 63 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 49 |
Synchronization | 167 |  |  | 172 |  |  | 144 |
Other | 16 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 10 |
Total Music Publishing | 1,088 |  |  | 958 |  |  | 761 |
Intersegment eliminations | (6) |  |  | (5) |  |  | (4) |
Total Revenues | $ | 6,037 |  |  | $ | 5,919 |  |  | $ | 5,301 |
Revenue by Geographical Location |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Recorded Music | $ | 2,184 |  |  | $ | 2,231 |  |  | $ | 1,985 |
U.S. Music Publishing | 582 |  |  | 513 |  |  | 378 |
Total U.S. | 2,766 |  |  | 2,744 |  |  | 2,363 |
International Recorded Music | 2,771 |  |  | 2,735 |  |  | 2,559 |
International Music Publishing | 506 |  |  | 445 |  |  | 383 |
Total International | 3,277 |  |  | 3,180 |  |  | 2,942 |
Intersegment eliminations | (6) |  |  | (5) |  |  | (4) |
Total Revenues | $ | 6,037 |  |  | $ | 5,919 |  |  | $ | 5,301 |
Schedule 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, 2023 are as follows:
| FY24 |  | FY25 |  | FY26 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
| (in millions)
Remaining performance obligations | $ | 637 |  |  | $ | 128 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 778 |
Total | $ | 637 |  |  | $ | 128 |  |  | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 778 |

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