I changed my ITUNES login and now all my older songs cannot be played.

So i changed my login (email address) and frankly deleted it entirely bc I got a divorce and it had my married name in the email. So i went through all the process of changing my email and also my itunes account login, and everything. Also...i changed jobs, and so I cannot access my itunes from that computer. THANKFULLY I backed up all my itunes from that OLD login. But when i downloaded it to my new computer it shows up but an error pops up and says...I am not authrized to play this song from this computer and shows my email and asks for my password and when i put it in it doesnt work. I reactivated my old email address but its still not working. WHAT SHOULD I DO? I have literally tried EVERYTHING!

*So i changed my login (email address)*
So you created a new iTunes account?
No need and probably shouldn't do that. You can update everything with your new info. However, the songs you previously purchased are still going to use the old login to authorize them.
If you select one, right click - get info, you need to use the AppleID that is shown on the Info tab.
But when i downloaded it to my new computer it shows up but an error pops up and says...I am not authrized to play this song from this computer and shows my email and asks for my password and when i put it in it doesnt work. I
Are you using the old email address and the old password?

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