Transfer of all music and playlists to iMac?

After creating a music library of approx 8000 songs on a PC, can all of this be transferred including the playlists to a new iMac?

There's a few different ways to do the move. The following document is worth checking through:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
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    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer (Mac or Windows):
      http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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    Copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder from old computer to new computer.
    See this -> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

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    See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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    iTunes: How to move [or copy] your music to a new computer [or another drive] - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
    Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings:  Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive.  Open iTunes and immediately hold down the Option (alt) key (shift on Windows), then guide it to the new location of the library.

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    See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
    When you get it all working make a backup!
    Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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