How do I retrieve music I've already bought?

I re downloaded itunes because my computer (windows 7) had something wrong with it. I logged into my account and requested itunes to find the music i have already bought. It did not work. I even plugged in my iPod Tough 4th Generation to see if it would wake it up. It did not. I have bought music on this album from all the way back to 2009 and i remember how much of a pain it was to download the albums in the past and therefore i do not want to spend any more of my money paying for these albums again. You can even look on my account and see I've bought these albums as I can check for myself on the itunes account. Please help me retrieve my music as i love listening to it. So therefore, My question is how do I get these music back?

Both previous comments are correct, but note that:
retrieval of past Store purchases is not available in all countries / localized Stores
even then, retrieval is possible only if the items are still available for purchase
also, retrieval is possible only if you are using the same Apple ID used for the original purchase
In general, you should not rely on this method - as the first response says, you need to maintain a backup.

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