How do my wife and i share just one music account?

Ive had an iphone and an itunes account for a long time, and now that im married my wife also has an iphone, but with a seperate itunes account.
i have thousands of songs, she has only one album.
it seems dumb to me to have to purchase all that music a second time so i can install them on her phone.
so what do we do so we can share the music ive already purchased?

Hi 4ork,
When you hook up your wife's iPhone to sync, you need to go to the Music tab, and select "Sync Music". Then, within that tab, you need to select what music you want to sync. The easiest way to do this is to create a Playlist that has all of the music she wants on her iPhone. Then, when you go to the Music tab, you tell it to sync to selected Playlists, Artists, Albums, etc., and then just check the Playlist that has her music.
You can create regular playlists, where you just drag and drop whatever music you want into the playlist, or you can create smart playlists that will automatically put new music in a particular playlist if you want it to. Regular playlists are the place to start. Try one out for her, and later, if you want to get more fancy, you can look into creating smart playlists.
My husband and I share an iTunes library, and i have created several smart playlists. One for my "Workin' Music", one for my "Nano", one for "Christmas Music" etc. as well as ones for his iPod. Then, when I sync, I just have the normal playlists sync with my iPhone, but, at Christmas, I also check the Christmas Playlist to sync so I have it for the season. Once the season is over, I uncheck it, and it is taken off of my phone until next year.
As long as you have both signed on to the iTunes library you are syncing with, and as long as you have both authorized that computer to your iTunes sign-on, you can share (or eliminate) any music you wish from your individual devices.
Cheers,
GB

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