Why Italy - UK SINGLE CHART!Someone tell me=)?

UK SINGLE CHART!Someone tell me=)?

hello...can u tell me why for you british people the single chart is so important?it seems that the single chart is more rilevant than the album one...why?is it a tradition?nowadays no-one buy single cd...sometimes it' s hard to find the singles but you have the shops full of every release every week...for ex i went in french and there were not many singles in the stores(a lot of album)...same in spain and italy..singles cd are less important in the business..someone explain me=)bye france yeah now there's the download thing ...all over europe...not only in the uk...but the attention for the single chart is big isn it? i understand your point of views but why only there?in other countries there s not so much attention for singles..if your single goes to number one in france o italy or spain there won't be so much attention as in the uk...and even in the shops there are a lot of albums not singles...if a single goes to number one it s obviously a good thing but there will be much more attention and success if your album goes to number one..do i have to think that there s no reason and it s only a mere british tradition?for ex u drive at right and no-one else do that...=)u guys have been so patient and nice but i'm not satisfied yet=/

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i guess it hasnt changed since the days we could only afford the single.
Most of the singles chart is based on down loads now
because we generate the best all round music globally there is a market for it.............simple as that!
It's true that no-one buys singles, and more people buy albums, but I suppose the singles chart is more popular as it focuses on individual songs, and it is the songs that become popular not necessarily the album. Also, sometimes someone may release a single, but not an album, so they would have no other way of being recognized. And yes, it the single chart is a tradition, so there's that too. Hope that answered your question! Take care!
It isn't important anymore not since they did away with Top Of The Pops. No one knows what's in the charts anymore since they did that unless you listen to the radio of which i don't it's got too boring now. best charts ever was in 70's 80's none now though.
in my teenage years singles important, not now i buy albums and follow specific groups, but downloads are not working as stated, people prefer something they can hold on to,.........memorabelia, a CD the latest out is the CD open disc system which as well as tracks connects you with the band on all different parts of the internet, such as myspace, but straight into to that band buy kt tunstall-drastic fantastic - open disc system-find out!
because the single is the one that attracts mainstream audience. its like if you buy an book and you like it alot you read all of it you pay for it something like 5 bucks. but if you sell i sell i to you in chapeter and charge you about2.50 per and there is like 10 chapters i make more money.its also easier to advertise then say a whole album . a song is just a catchy tune while an album is a concept and its also a lot harder to get people to buy the whole album off the bat.so its just chopped down for more money. sorry other quick example you wont play a whole album at an awards show but you can play the single and have an audience listen to it and maybe one of them will buy the album. its all marketing and attention span.
guess it hasnt changed since the days we could only afford the single.