International / foreign purchases from other countries for dual nationals

My Friends (quoting John McCain),
I live in both the US and in France splitting my time between the two countries. I have 2 houses. I have 1 credit card in France and 1 credit card in the USA. I have a billing address in each country.
I have an iTunes account based on my US credit card and billing address. When I download music purchased from the US store everything goes into my account. No problem. Love iTunes.
However, I also want to buy French music (C'est normal, non?). I understand the need to have a credit card and billing address in the country. I do.
The problem is the only solutions I see to this problem are to: (A) set up 2 separate iTunes accounts, one in the USA and one in France, or (B) somehow purchase gift cards for myself in France and buy from iTunes France but using my single US account.
If I set up 2 accounts, I can't merge my libraries... or at least I'm not sure how I could do that.
I have not tried the gift card idea. I'm not sure how to purchase them or how it would work. But it seems like this might be the only solution.
Does anyone know which is the best solution?
Or does anyone have simpler or more creative ideas on how to deal with this problem?
I'm sure I'm not alone.
Thanks in advance to all of you who have posted before me and to all of you who might respond with ideas.
Rick DC

Rick DC wrote:
However, I also want to buy French music (C'est normal, non?). I understand the need to have a credit card and billing address in the country. I do.
So, set up an iTunes France account. You qualify.
The problem is the only solutions I see to this problem are to: (A) set up 2 separate iTunes accounts, one in the USA and one in France
Yes, this would be the correct solution.
(B) somehow purchase gift cards for myself in France and buy from iTunes France but using my single US account.
You can't use French gift cards with a U.S. account so that wouldn't work.
If I set up 2 accounts, I can't merge my libraries... or at least I'm not sure how I could do that.
Just because you have two separate accounts doesn't mean you have to have two separate libraries, as far as I know. I haven't tried this as I have only one account but you should be able to authorize you computer to both accounts.
And, although you're not alone, you're certainly in a minority.
Best of luck.

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