RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: 十大中文金曲頒獎音樂會) is one of the main C-pop

C-pop

C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music , a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Others come from countries where the Chinese language is used by a large number of the population, such as Singapore and Malaysia...

 music award in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. The award is sponsored by RTHK. Beginning in 1978, it is the oldest major award in Hong Kong, even earlier than the Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards

Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards

The Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation is one of the main C-pop music award in Hong Kong based on the Jade Solid Gold TVB television show. The award began with the 1984 ceremonial season after the 1983 music season. Historically the ceremony is held in January following the end of...

. The ceremony is usually held in January following the end of the previous music season. It usually takes place at the Hong Kong Coliseum

Hong Kong Coliseum

Hong Kong Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.It was built by the Urban Council and inaugurated on 27 April 1983....

, sometimes at the Sha Tin Racecourse

Sha Tin Racecourse

Sha Tin Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin in the New Territories. It is managed by Hong Kong Jockey Club.Penfold Park is encircled by the track.-History:...

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Award format

The standard format is that the top 10 songs of each year are presented. Also a "Golden needle" award is presented in some ceremonies as lifetime achievements.

1970s awards

1978

1978 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1978 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1978 for the 1977 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1978 are as follows.-References:*...

, 1979

1979 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1979 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1979 for the 1978 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1979 are as follows.-References:*...

1980s awards

1980

1980 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1980 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1980 for the 1979 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1980 are as follows.-References:*...

, 1981

1981 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1981 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1981 for the 1980 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1981 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1982

1982 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1982 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1982 for the 1981 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1982 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1983

1983 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1983 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1983 for the 1982 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1983 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1984

1984 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1984 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1984 for the 1983 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1984 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1985

1985 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1985 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1985 for the 1984 music season. This is the first ceremony to offer the "Golden Needle Award".-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1985 are as follows.-Other awards:...

, 1986

1986 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1986 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1986 for the 1985 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1986 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1987

1987 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1987 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1987 for the 1986 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1987 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1988

1988 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1988 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1988 for the 1987 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1988 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1989

1989 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1989 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1989 for the 1988 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1989 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

1990s awards

1990

1990 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1990 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1990 for the 1989 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1990 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1991

1991 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1991 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1991 for the 1990 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1991 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1992

1992 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1992 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1992 for the 1991 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1992 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1993

1993 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1993 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1993 for the 1992 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1993 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1994

1994 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1994 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1994 for the 1993 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1994 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1995

1995 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1995 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1995 for the 1994 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1995 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1996

1996 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1996 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1996 for the 1995 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1996 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1997

1997 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1997 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1997 for the 1996 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1997 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1998

1998 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1998 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1998 for the 1997 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 1998 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 1999

1999 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 1999 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1999 for the 1998 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs was expanded to top 13.-Other awards:The top 10 outstanding artist was also extended to 11 artists....

2000s awards

2000

2000 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 2000 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 2000 for the 1999 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2000 are as follows.-Other awards:The top 10 outstanding artist was also extended to 11 artists....

, 2001

2001 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 2001 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 2001 for the 2000 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2001 are as follows.-Other awards:The top 10 outstanding artist was also extended to 15 artists....

, 2002

2002 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 2002 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 2002 for the 2001 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2002 are as follows.-Other awards:The top 10 outstanding artist was also extended to 15 artists....

, 2003

2003 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 2003 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 2003 for the 2002 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2003 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 2004

2004 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 2004 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 2004 for the 2003 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2003 are as follows. This year only 9 songs were awarded.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 2005

2005 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 28th RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 2006 for the 2005 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2006 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 2006

2006 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 29th RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 2007 for the 2006 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2007 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 2007

2007 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

The 30th RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held on January 19, 2008 at the Hong Kong Coliseum for the 2007 music season.-Top 10 song awards:The top 10 songs of 2008 are as follows.-Other awards:-References:*...

, 2008, 2009

Golden Needle Award

Year	Recipient	Awarding Age
1981	Joseph Koo Joseph Koo Joseph Koo Kar-Fai, MBE, SBS is one of the most respected composers in Hong Kong. He used the pen name Moran for Mandarin songs. He is the younger brother of famous Chinese singer Koo Mei .-Career:...	46
1982
1983	Nonoy Ocampo
1984	Lau Dong
1985	Samuel Hui Samuel Hui Samuel Hui Koon-kit , usually known as Sam Hui, is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, lyricist and film actor. He is credited with popularizing Cantopop both with the infusion of Western-style music and using popular, street Cantonese jargon in his lyrics writing...	37
1986	Tang Ti-sheng Tang Ti-sheng Tang Ti-sheng , born Tang Kang-Nian , was a Cantonese opera playwright, scriptwriter, and film director. His contributions to Cantonese opera significantly influenced Hong Kong's reform and development of the genre beginning in the late 1930's...	(posthumous)
1987	Chen Dieyi	80
1988	The Wynners The Wynners The Wynners are a Hong Kong pop band formed in the 1970s. The five-piece is made up of Alan Tam , Kenny Bee , Bennett Pang , Danny Yip and Anthony Chan .-History:...
1989	Paula Tsui Paula Tsui Paula Tsui Siu-fung is a famous Cantopop singer in Hong Kong. She has been affiliated with the TVB television station until the mid-1990s but has performed for Asia Television Ltd...	40
1990	Wong Jim Wong Jim James Wong Jim was a Cantopop lyricist and writer based primarily in Hong Kong. He was also a well known in Asia as a columnist, actor, film director, screenwriter and talk show hosts. He took part in creative directing positions within the entertainment industry in Hong Kong...	50
1991	Roman Tam Roman Tam Roman Tam, known by the stage name Lo Man , nickname Law Kee , was a renowned Hong Kong Cantopop singer. He is regarded as the "Godfather of Cantopop".-Career:...	41
1992	Cheng Kwok-kong
1993
1994	George Lam George Lam George Lam Chi Cheung, also known professionally by his surname Lam, is a Hong Kong-based veteran Cantopop singer and actor of Xinhui area origin. Lam studied at the Diocesan Boys' School in Kowloon, Hong Kong...	47
1995	Teresa Teng Teresa Teng Teresa Teng , was an immensely popular and influential Chinese pop singer from Taiwan. Teresa Teng's voice and songs are instantly recognized throughout East Asia and in areas with large Asian populations...	(posthumous)
1996	Alan Tam Alan Tam Wing Lun Alan Tam, MH is an award-winning Hong Kong Cantopop and English pop singer and actor. During the early 1980s he played a major role in developing the cantopop scene as he was known for singing romantic ballads with modern arrangements. As of 2008, he is still active in the music...	46
1997
1998	Anita Mui Anita Mui Anita Mui Yim-fong was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva...	35
1999	Lesile Cheung	43
2000	Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung Jacky Cheung is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor. The Chinese language media refers to him, Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Leon Lai as the Cantopop Four Heavenly Kings , with more than 60 million records sold as of 2000....	39
2001
2002
2003	Richard Lam Richard Lam Richard Lam Chun-Keung was a Cantopop lyricist with several hundred Cantopop songs to his name, and a columnist for Apple Daily and Next Magazine in Hong Kong.- Career :...	(posthumous)
2004	Liza Wang Liza Wang Elizabeth Wang Ming-chun, SBS, commonly known as Liza Wang, is an accomplished diva, actress and MC in Hong Kong. She is a well-known personality in Chinese-speaking communities. She has been nicknamed "The Big Sister" in the HK entertainment circle...	57
2005	Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is an orchestra of Chinese traditional instruments based in Hong Kong. It was established in 1977 and comprises 85 musicians. The Artistic Director and Principal Conductor is Yan Huichang.-External links:**...
2006	Adam Cheng Adam Cheng Adam Cheng Siu-chow is a Hong Kong TVB actor and Cantopop singer.-Career:Cheng started his career in the 1970s, where he gained a reputation for playing the lead roles in TVB Wuxia drama series based on the works of Louis Cha and Gu Long, such as The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and Chor Lau Heung...	59
2007	Teresa Carpio Teresa Carpio Teresa Carpio is a Hong Kong English pop and Cantopop singer, actor and singing teacher, born in Hong Kong. She is the mother of singer T. V. Carpio.-Family background:Carpio's father is Filipino and her mother Chinese. Born into a musical family...	50
2008	Albert Leung Albert Leung -Education:He was educated at the boys school Chan Sui Ki College and La Salle College, and graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1984.-Songwriting career:He has been a cantopop lyricist since 1985, using the pen name Lin Xi...	47
2009	Danny Chan Danny Chan Danny Chan Bak-keung was a 1980s cantopop singer, composer and actor in Hong Kong with origins in Taishan, Guangdong. Chan was of the first generation of pop idols in Hong Kong. He was already an electronic organ player, a songwriter, an actor and a promising singer at the beginning of his career...	(posthumous)
2010	Sally Yeh Sally Yeh Sally Yeh , sometimes written as Sally Yip or Yip Sin-Man, is a Cantopop singer in the Hong Kong music industry and an actress in the Hong Kong film industry.-Overview:...	49