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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
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,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
| (in millions)
Revenue by Type |  |  |  |  |
Digital | $ | 3,594 |  |  | $ | 3,519 |  |  | $ | 3,322 |
Physical | 527 |  |  | 519 |  |  | 507 |
Total digital and physical | 4,121 |  |  | 4,038 |  |  | 3,829 |
Artist services and expanded-rights | 835 |  |  | 684 |  |  | 744 |
Licensing | 452 |  |  | 501 |  |  | 382 |
Total Recorded Music | 5,408 |  |  | 5,223 |  |  | 4,955 |
Performance | 228 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 173 |
Digital | 800 |  |  | 763 |  |  | 669 |
Mechanical | 63 |  |  | 58 |  |  | 63 |
Synchronization | 197 |  |  | 175 |  |  | 167 |
Other | 18 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 16 |
Total Music Publishing | 1,306 |  |  | 1,210 |  |  | 1,088 |
Intersegment eliminations | (7) |  |  | (7) |  |  | (6) |
Total revenues | $ | 6,707 |  |  | $ | 6,426 |  |  | $ | 6,037 |
Revenue by geographical location |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Recorded Music | $ | 2,181 |  |  | $ | 2,210 |  |  | $ | 2,184 |
U.S. Music Publishing | 693 |  |  | 660 |  |  | 582 |
Total U.S. | 2,874 |  |  | 2,870 |  |  | 2,766 |
International Recorded Music | 3,227 |  |  | 3,013 |  |  | 2,771 |
International Music Publishing | 613 |  |  | 550 |  |  | 506 |
Total international | 3,840 |  |  | 3,563 |  |  | 3,277 |
Intersegment eliminations | (7) |  |  | (7) |  |  | (6) |
Total revenues | $ | 6,707 |  |  | $ | 6,426 |  |  | $ | 6,037 |
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, 2025 are as follows:
| FY26 |  | FY27 |  | FY28 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
| (in millions)
Remaining performance obligations | $ | 681 |  |  | $ | 173 |  |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 1,026 |
Total | $ | 681 |  |  | $ | 173 |  |  | $ | 129 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 1,026 |

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