Can i change the icloud account i've linked to my apple id?

I want to keep the same apple id but have it linked to a different icloud account.. or if I change my apple id and make a new icloud account with that, will I be able to transfer over all of my purchases/information/etc?
The problem is I let a friend try to make an icloud account on my computer and they accidentally made my intial icloud account (so the primary icloud account linked to my apple id) their username.. so although they're not using the icloud account too often, I can't send out any emails from my apple id unless it goes from their icloud account name. I have other @me.com addresses so that's all I want is to have a different PRIMARY icloud/@me.com address linked to my Apple ID.
I hope I'm not being confusing. Thank you for any help!

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