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Equity-Based Awards - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock reserved and available for issuance (in shares)	23,187,275
Vesting period	4 years
Options granted exercisable period	10 years
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 69,946,000	$ 66,885,000	$ 57,263,000
Stock options exercised, intrinsic value	$ 0	$ 4,000,000	$ 6,000,000
Weighted-average fair value (in dollars per share)	$ 1.71	$ 4.55	$ 4.58
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 4,000,000
Unrecognized compensation expense that will be recognized over a weighted-average period	2 years 3 months 18 days
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 106,000,000
Unrecognized compensation expense that will be recognized over a weighted-average period	2 years 1 month 6 days
Total fair value of equity instruments other than options	$ 52,000,000	$ 47,000,000	$ 30,000,000
RSUs \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
RSUs \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
RSUs \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
RSUs \| Tranche Four
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
Performance-based RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years	4 years
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 14,000,000
Total fair value of equity instruments other than options	$ 14,000,000	$ 11,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Performance-based RSUs \| Minimum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year
Performance-based RSUs \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Performance-based RSUs \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage		25.00%
Performance-based RSUs \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage		25.00%
Performance-based RSUs \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage		25.00%
Performance-based RSUs \| Tranche Four
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage		25.00%
Performance-based RSUs \| Forecast
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense				$ 8,000,000
2019 Omnibus Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock reserved and available for issuance (in shares)	12,500,000
2019 Omnibus Plan \| Time Based Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
2019 Director Equity Compensation Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock reserved and available for issuance (in shares)	500,000
Sovereign MEIP, Sovereign 2012 MEIP, 2014 Omnibus, and 2016 Omnibus Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock reserved and available for issuance (in shares)	10,687,275
2019, 2016, and 2014 Omnibus Plans \| Time Based Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	4 years
2019, 2016, and 2014 Omnibus Plans \| Time Based Options \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
2019, 2016, and 2014 Omnibus Plans \| Time Based Options \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
2019, 2016, and 2014 Omnibus Plans \| Time Based Options \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%
2019, 2016, and 2014 Omnibus Plans \| Time Based Options \| Tranche Four
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options vesting percentage	25.00%