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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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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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