Where is my purchased music?

hello,
i recently bought a new imac and i'm wondering were my purchased music is?
i did not burn to disk but thought my itunes account would hold all content bought just like all my saved albums which are in my cart.
good job they were singles only and what happens now
thanks

*i recently bought a new imac and i'm wondering were my purchased music is?*
If you didn't make a backup of it then your music is on the hard drive of your original computer. If you still have access to the computer you downloaded the songs to you need to transfer them to the Mac:
iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
If you have an iPod and the songs are on it, the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
If you didn't make a back-up of your purchases to restore from and you have no iPod with the songs on it then I'm sorry to say that the policy on lost purchases is that you have to pay to download them again:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage." iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
You could try contacting the iTunes Music Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. There have been occasional reports in the iTunes forum of this happening, however just be aware that they are not under any obligation to do so. If you click on any of the links on this page you'll find a space at the bottom to email your query: iTMS Customer Service
You might also want to check out this page for future reference: How to back up your media in iTunes

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