How do you move songs/playlists to a new computer?

Have uploaded songs from CD's and created playlist and want to move them to a new computer.  What is the best way to do this?

See these support docs for options: How to move your music to a new computer and How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer.
My recommendation is to backup the library to an external drive with the method in this User Tip, and then use the same tool to restore the backup onto the new computer. Thereafter you would backup your library on a regular basis to ensure against disaster.
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