Purchased music gone

I created playlists in daughter's laptop (we were sharing her computer).  All purchased music from iTunes.  Daughter, in all her teenage wisdom, felt it was an attack to her privacy and belongings so she deleted my playlists.  Now, I purchased a new laptop which did not show my music.  That's when I found out daughter had deleted my playlists.  My new laptop develop problems and upon going back to Best Buy, they decided to give me ANOTHER laptop.  Now, my question is:
Surely ITUNES has a record of all my purchases (i.e., both my daughter's and my purchases).  Where can I find the music we've purchased to date so I can download it to my new laptop??  I just can't believe ALL my music is gone..... I've invested money here, know what I mean???

Calm down.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
You really should always have a backup copy of your computer for just such an occasion.

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