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Sony Music Hits $3.15B Quarterly Revenue
Sony Music generated a record $3.15 billion from recorded music and publishing in Q3 2026, up 8.9% YoY.
In brief
Sony Music generated a record $3.15 billion from recorded music and publishing in Q3 2026, up 8.9% YoY. Sony Music's global music operations earned $3.15 billion in Q3 2026, a 8.9% year-over-year increase from $2.89 billion in Q3 2025. Originally reported by Music Business Worldwide.
Sony Music Revenue
Sony's combined revenues from recorded music and music publishing topped $3 billion for a fourth consecutive quarter in calendar Q3 2026.
Q3 2026 Revenue Figure
The company generated USD $3.15 billion in calendar Q3 2026, up 8.9% YoY from $2.89 billion in calendar Q3 2025.
Recorded Music Breakdown
Sony's global recorded music operation generated USD $2.41 billion in calendar Q3 2026, up 10.5% YoY from $2.18 billion in the prior-year quarter.
Streaming Revenue
Streaming generated USD $1.52 billion (on a USD-converted basis), up 7.4% YoY from $1.42 billion in calendar Q3 2025.
Physical Sales
Quarterly revenues from physical music sales in calendar Q3 2026 hit USD $199.4 million, up 7.8% YoY.
Other Category Growth
Sony’s ‘Other’ category within recorded music generated $641.2 million in calendar Q3 2026, up 21.2% YoY.
Top Projects
ATEEZ, GOLDEN HOUR: Part.5 was Sony Music's biggest-grossing recorded music project in the quarter to end of September.
Music Publishing
Sony’s global music publishing operation generated USD $744.8 million in the three months to end of September 2026.
Publishing Growth
That quarterly revenue figure was up 3.8% YoY versus $717.8 million in calendar Q3 2025.
Publishing Streaming
Sony’s publishing streaming revenues grew 5.7% YoY to $467 million in calendar Q3 2026.
Quarterly Profits
Sony’s corporate Music division posted a quarterly operating income of 122.8 billion Yen (USD $771m) in calendar Q3 2026.
Profit Margin
That represented an operating margin of 20.5% from total divisional quarterly revenues of 598.4 billion Yen (USD $3.76bn).
Visual Media Impact
Visual Media & Platform accounted for 'slightly more than 10%' of the Music segment’s operating income in calendar Q3 2026.
Full-Year Guidance
Sony now expects the division to generate sales of 2.30 trillion Yen in the fiscal year to end of March 2027, up 5% from July forecast.
The big picture
Sony Music's global music operations earned $3.15 billion in Q3 2026, a 8.9% year-over-year increase from $2.89 billion in Q3 2025.
