# 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.
- Title: Sony Music Hits $3.15B Quarterly Revenue | Shortify
- Summary: Sony Music generated a record $3.15 billion from recorded music and publishing in Q3 2026, up 8.9% YoY.
- Keywords: sony music, recorded music, music publishing, q3 2026, revenue, streaming, physical sales, live events, merchandising, music, Music Business Worldwide
- Source: Music Business Worldwide — https://musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-generated-a-record-3-15b-from-recorded-music-and-publishing-in-calendar-q3-2026-up-9-yoy
- Published: 2026-11-05T10:25:56+00:00
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- Topics: sony music, recorded music, music publishing, q3 2026, revenue, streaming, physical sales, live events, merchandising, music, business
## 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.
## Key takeaway

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.