Can i use 2 different accounts on same computer?

i used to have an account from itunes wayyyyyy when it first came out, bought 48 songs and now i want to redownload them. the only problem is it wants me to authorize this as my computer. which it is, but my boyfriend started using itunes on this computer which isnt the one i had itunes on. so now when i go to download the purchased songs it says "you must authorize this as your computer" so i guess 2 questions, so if this computer breaks can i authorize it on a new one? and will it mess up my boyfriends account at all? he has a lot more songs than i do and still uses it which i dont. please help me, this is really bugging me.

You can't cancel an Apple ID. You can use either ID on both devices, but purchases are always tied to the Apple account that the purchase was made with.

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