Getting already purchased music back

I recently just got my laptop wiped from everything I had on it before. I wanted to get the previously purchased music back on it, I went to my iTunes account & was only able to get 3 songs back. Some of the music goes all the way back to '06. Has anyone dealt with this problem before & what can I do to get back my music??
~thanks~

This has happened to me!!! And it is so scary and frustrating to think you may have lost your entire music library. BUT, I was delighted by my experience in working with iTunes support on this.
I simply emailed: [email protected]
I mentioned my situation that I had lost all of my purchases and hoped to recover at least some of them. A customer support member responded promptly with instructions and in my case there were so many songs lost (dating back to 2005!) that I simply gave him my account name and info and the next day EVERY SINGLE SONG I HAVE EVER PURCHASED was queued up to download as soon as I turned my iTunes on. Needless to say, I was speechless with their quality customer support and how personalized it was. No "automated" responses but direct responses-from a human!- to my questions and concerns.
I would suggest emailing iTunes support at the email above to initiate the process. It was an amazing convenience for me.
Cheers.

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