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Revenue Recognition (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 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:

			Three Months Ended June 30,												Nine Months Ended June 30,
			2025						2024						2025						2024
			(in millions)
Revenue by Type
Digital			$	929					$	882					$	2,643					$	2,638
Physical			119						120						397						385
Total digital and physical			1,048						1,002						3,040						3,023
Artist services and expanded-rights			195						159						508						489
Licensing			111						90						326						373
Total Recorded Music			1,354						1,251						3,874						3,885
Performance			58						52						167						155
Digital			204						194						599						577
Mechanical			16						13						46						43
Synchronization			54						42						142						129
Other			4						4						15						11
Total Music Publishing			336						305						969						915
Intersegment eliminations			(1)						(2)						(4)						(4)
Total revenues			$	1,689					$	1,554					$	4,839					$	4,796
Revenue by geographical location
U.S. Recorded Music			$	536					$	517					$	1,565					$	1,652
U.S. Music Publishing			186						161						520						503
Total U.S.			722						678						2,085						2,155
International Recorded Music			818						734						2,309						2,233
International Music Publishing			150						144						449						412
Total international			968						878						2,758						2,645
Intersegment eliminations			(1)						(2)						(4)						(4)
Total revenues			$	1,689					$	1,554					$	4,839					$	4,796

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 June 30, 2025 are as follows:

			Rest of FY25						FY26						FY27						Thereafter						Total
			(in millions)
Remaining performance obligations			$	422					$	647					$	171					$	169					$	1,409
Total			$	422					$	647					$	171					$	169					$	1,409

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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
-Paragraph 5
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147479806/606-10-50-5

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-Section 50
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