Asking for authorization

I just purchased an album on itunes and when trying to play the songs it asks for authorization for each one. When I authorized one of the songs, it acknowledged it as a second computer. Does anyone know why this is happening and how to make itunes recognize that they are already authorized?

I restarted itunes and now all is fine.

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it occurs with just some songs. I purchased 2 albums and only 1 song on each will play. the other ones get the authorization message.
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If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

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Hey megatony87,
Thanks for the question. I understand you are having authorization issues with a purchased album on your computer. The following article may help to resolve your issue:
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
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Here's the gist of the problem: I bought a song, but iTunes keeps asking me to authorize my computer and then it says it's already been authorized. It won't let me play the song.
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I suppose I did a stupid thing. I started downloading the iTunes update, and then went and bought a song. The song downloaded and showed up in my library, where I could see the album as it was finishing up the download. Then the iTunes update finished, and the computer was restarted. When iTunes opened back up, the song I just bought was gone. I searched my computer and found the file, then added it to iTunes. Now when I try to play it, it has my re-enter my password, then it says the computer is already authorized. I can't play it! I can hear the song in Quicktime, but not in iTunes.
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Remove the "SC Info" directory for your operating system as described in this Apple Support article then reauthorize.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
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Hello patfa,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
There are still some troubleshooting steps left for this issue where you're repeatedly requested to put in your Apple ID and password to authorize your computer. Make sure you are authorizing the purchases from an administrator account on your computer, and also turn off the User Account Controls. Take a look at the article below for more information.
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
Take care,
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