IPod as Gift, can I buy purchased music for it in advance?

I am giving an iPod as a gift. Can I buy and download tunes to it using my account before I give it? Or does that screw up the registration process for the giftee?

The iPod has nothing to do with your iTunes account.
If you buy songs, they are yours, not whoever you are giving the iPod to and they will always remain yours.
If the other person wants to put them onto their computer you must give them your iTunes account password.
I suggest you buy them an iTunes gift card instead of the actual songs.
Or you can gift the songs to them in the iTunes store and they download them.

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