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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

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,
			2024						2023						2022
			(in millions)
Revenue by Type
Digital			$	3,519					$	3,322					$	3,305
Physical			519						507						563
Total Digital and Physical			4,038						3,829						3,868
Artist services and expanded-rights			684						744						767
Licensing			501						382						331
Total Recorded Music			5,223						4,955						4,966
Performance			198						173						159
Digital			763						669						563
Mechanical			58						63						50
Synchronization			175						167						172
Other			16						16						14
Total Music Publishing			1,210						1,088						958
Intersegment eliminations			(7)						(6)						(5)
Total Revenues			$	6,426					$	6,037					$	5,919
Revenue by Geographical Location
U.S. Recorded Music			$	2,210					$	2,184					$	2,231
U.S. Music Publishing			660						582						513
Total U.S.			2,870						2,766						2,744
International Recorded Music			3,013						2,771						2,735
International Music Publishing			550						506						445
Total International			3,563						3,277						3,180
Intersegment eliminations			(7)						(6)						(5)
Total Revenues			$	6,426					$	6,037					$	5,919

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, 2024 are as follows:

			FY25						FY26						FY27						Thereafter						Total
			(in millions)
Remaining performance obligations			$	445					$	153					$	5					$	1					$	604
Total			$	445					$	153					$	5					$	1					$	604

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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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-Publisher FASB
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Tabular disclosure of expected timing for satisfying remaining performance obligation.

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-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
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