I had over 12,000 songs in my iTunes library. When I opened iTunes toady, I only have 5,000  songs and no playlists. Help!!!

I had over 12,000 songs in my iTunes library. When I opened iTunes today, I only have 5,000  songs and no playlists. Help!!!

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    support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 
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