Instead, the top 10 was comprised of rock and pop songs from all-male groups, like Europe's The Final Countdown, The Automatic's Monster and Village People's YMCA.
Musicologist Dr Alisun Pawley and Goldsmiths music psychologist Dr Daniel Mullensiefen said this was because songs were "a subconscious war cry".
"Psychologically we look to men to lead us into battle, so it could be in our intuitive nature to follow male-fronted songs."
The Daily Mail reported academics came to the conclusion that there were four key elements in a successful pop song: male vocalists; long, detailed musical phrases; multiple pitch changes in the chorus, and higher male voices being used elsewhere in the song.
