Re Download Purchased Songs after hard disc format

Hello everyone i have a problem with my iTunes on my Macbook Pro...I had format my hard disc and my purchased music is gone... How can i re-download my lost music?
Thanks

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Note: Previously purchased music is only available through iTunes in the Cloud in Australia, Canada, Cyprus, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Previously purchased TV shows are only available through iTunes in the Cloud in the United States.
John, if you can't redownload your iTunes purchases for free, if you re purchase, make sure and create a backup > How to back up your media in iTunes

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For more information on this, take a look at:
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After reformating my hard drive and installing the lastest verion of ITunes, I copied the actual songs back into a subfolder in my music folder. I then told iTunes to import the subfolder with the actual music. That resulted in a restored library that lacked playlists and ratings.
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