Cannot get music on iPhone to sync with iTunes on iMac

When I plug in my iPhone to my iMac, and I sync everything in iTunes, my music purchased doesn't show up in my iTunes on my computer. No album, no cloud, nothing.
Now, when I go to my iPhone it's showing a cloud next to all the new purchased music. It's grey now and I can't play it without haaving to download from cloud. It's not on my computer and I even looked into iCloud and nothing is there. It's not even selected to sync music.
I want my all music on my computer. how do I acheive this? and If it's stored in the cloud, how do I access it and play it?

Hi Nina719,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has instructions for downloading your previous purchases to your iMac:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Cheers,
- Ari

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