From left, Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, Brian Johnson and Stevie Young of AC/DC. Sony’s music operations came roaring back in the company’s fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, as recorded music and music publishing operations grew 13% on a yen basis and 17.6% on a dollar basis to 187.11 billion yen ($1.79 billion) from 165.66 billion yen ($1.52 billion) in the year-earlier period. In addition to the company’s music recording and publishing operations, Sony’s music segment financials also include the visual media/platform, which had a strong quarter so that the overall segment shrugged off the pandemic-causing economic downturn and reported total revenue of 261.72 billion yen ($2.5 billion), a 22.4% increase over the 213.86 billion yen ($1.966 billion) reported in the last three months of 2019.