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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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Tabular disclosure of expected timing for satisfying remaining performance obligation.

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-Section 50
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