Finnish singles chart #1s: 2002

I'm continuing my travels through the Finnish #1 singles history, and I've now completed my dig-through of 2002. As always the full list and my thoughts on every song that made it to the top of the charts are found on RateYourMusic, but below you'll find a summary of the year's highlights. >> If you want to read all the thoughts on the full year's chart, check the list out on RYM (2002 starts pretty early into this page) << 2002 is a weird year, with no real discernible trends and instead everything's in a bit of a flux. Some familiar names continue to make hits, new future regulars make their debut appearance, you have international evergreens and destined one-hit-wonders. Metal mingles with bubblegum pop, fresh blood hangs out with dinosaurs and their comeback singles. Between the lines you can detect the beginnings of a couple of trends that would have a more significant presence in the charts in the future, as #1s are scored by both reality TV singing competition winners and…