Question about transferring music

When you transfer music from your current computer to a new computer, what all gets transferred? Is it just the music file, or do album art, play count, rating, etc. also get transferred?
Thank you!

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(Your name is the same as mine. Cool!)
If your iPod automatically updates when connect to the computer, all information in iTunes is transferred--music files, album art, play count, rating & any other info about the songs.
If the album art doesn't seem to be working, or some other part isn't transferring, let us know & we'll help you get things working again!
~Lyssa
Enjoy your iPod!

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