I really need help in getting my music back my hard drive crashed

I need help in re-downloading my music i bought, My computer's hard drive crashed last week an i finally got a new one an i spent like 30$ on music an videos, so i was wondering how to get them back... Im lost without out my music please help me

Either restore the media from the backup of the computer or redownload via iTunes. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

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