Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011		Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011
Revenues	$ 654		$ 688		$ 2,061		$ 2,150
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues	(356)		(380)		(1,103)		(1,170)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(244)		(237)		(745)		(755)
Transaction costs			(5)				(7)
Amortization expense	(47)		(56)		(145)		(165)
Total costs and expenses	(647)		(678)		(1,993)		(2,097)
Operating income	7		10		68		53
Interest expense, net	(56)		(47)		(169)		(141)
Other income, net	6		6		6		5
(Loss) income before income taxes	(43)		(31)		(95)		(83)
Income tax benefit (expense)	11		(15)		3		(20)
Net loss	(32)		(46)		(92)		(103)
Less: (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest					(2)		1
Net loss attributable to Warner Music Group Corp.	(32)		(46)		(94)		(102)
Successor
Revenues	654				2,061
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues	(356)				(1,103)
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(244)	[1]			(745)	[1]
Transaction costs
Amortization expense	(47)				(145)
Total costs and expenses	(647)				(1,993)
Operating income	7				68
Interest expense, net	(56)				(169)
Other income, net	6				6
(Loss) income before income taxes	(43)				(95)
Income tax benefit (expense)	11				3
Net loss	(32)				(92)
Less: (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest					(2)
Net loss attributable to Warner Music Group Corp.	(32)				(94)
Predecessor
Revenues			688				2,150
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues			(380)				(1,170)
Selling, general and administrative expenses			(237)	[1]			(755)	[1]
Transaction costs			(5)				(7)
Amortization expense			(56)				(165)
Total costs and expenses			(678)				(2,097)
Operating income			10				53
Interest expense, net			(47)				(141)
Other income, net			6				5
(Loss) income before income taxes			(31)				(83)
Income tax benefit (expense)			(15)				(20)
Net loss			(46)				(103)
Less: (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest							1
Net loss attributable to Warner Music Group Corp.			$ (46)				$ (102)
Net loss per common share attributable to Warner Music Group Corp.:
Basic			$ (0.30)				$ (0.68)
Diluted			$ (0.30)				$ (0.68)
Weighted average common shares:
Basic			151.8				150.8
Diluted			151.8				150.8

[1] Includes depreciation expense of: $ (12 ) $ (11 ) $ (37 ) $ (31 )