ITunes download gets stuck halfway

I just purchased an album off iTunes, as a first time user. When downloading them, the first 6 went perfectly, but in the middle of the 7th the download just paused. There was no warning or error message, and the little download bar just sat still at about 50% complete. At first I thought it was an internet connection failure (seeing as I am wireless), but it was still connected. I've tried closing iTunes, and restarting the computer a number of times, but still, whenever I open, it brings up the 'to-download' list, showing I've completed the download of the first six - and it then restarts the seventh, only to stop again in the same place.
I would appreciate your help.

Deleting the .itl and rebuilding it will lose date added information. Playlists may be recovered if the .xml file is imported. A better way might have been to temporarily rename the .itl while iTunes is installed, then restore the original .itl after the fact.
For general advice on problems installing iTunes see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down page in case one of them applies.
Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.
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