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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 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:
| Three Months Ended December 31, |  |
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  |  |  |
| (in millions)
Revenue by Type |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Digital | $ | 873 |  |  | $ | 908 |  |  |  |  |
Physical | 166 |  |  | 154 |  |  |  |  |
Total digital and physical | 1,039 |  |  | 1,062 |  |  |  |  |
Artist services and expanded-rights | 196 |  |  | 204 |  |  |  |  |
Licensing | 110 |  |  | 179 |  |  |  |  |
Total Recorded Music | 1,345 |  |  | 1,445 |  |  |  |  |
Performance | 56 |  |  | 51 |  |  |  |  |
Digital | 207 |  |  | 196 |  |  |  |  |
Mechanical | 14 |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |
Synchronization | 39 |  |  | 39 |  |  |  |  |
Other | 7 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Total Music Publishing | 323 |  |  | 304 |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment eliminations | (2) |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues | $ | 1,666 |  |  | $ | 1,748 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue by geographical location |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Recorded Music | $ | 532 |  |  | $ | 627 |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Music Publishing | 173 |  |  | 172 |  |  |  |  |
Total U.S. | 705 |  |  | 799 |  |  |  |  |
International Recorded Music | 813 |  |  | 818 |  |  |  |  |
International Music Publishing | 150 |  |  | 132 |  |  |  |  |
Total international | 963 |  |  | 950 |  |  |  |  |
Intersegment eliminations | (2) |  |  | (1) |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues | $ | 1,666 |  |  | $ | 1,748 |  |  |  |  |
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 December 31, 2024 are as follows:
| Rest of FY25 |  | FY26 |  | FY27 |  | Thereafter |  | Total
| (in millions)
Remaining performance obligations | $ | 329 |  |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 488 |
Total | $ | 329 |  |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 488 |

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