RTHK_Top_10_Gold_Songs_Awards

Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award

Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award

Music award from Hong Kong

Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: 十大中文金曲頒獎音樂會) is one of the main C-pop music award in Hong Kong. The award is sponsored by RTHK.[1][2] Beginning in 1978, it is the oldest major award in Hong Kong, even earlier than the Jade Solid Gold Top 10 Awards. The ceremony is usually held in January following the end of the previous music season. It usually takes place at the Hong Kong Coliseum, sometimes at the Sha Tin Racecourse.

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, 1979

1980s awards

1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

1990s awards

1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

2000s awards

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

2010s awards

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

Golden Needle Award

The award is not given every year.

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International Pop Poll Awards

RTHK also presents the International Pop Poll Awards annually. James Fung Wai-tong, chairman of the organising committee, said that from 1990 onwards, the awards ceremony had already given prizes to over 200 international pop songs, widening the perspectives of both the public and the local music industry with a diversified music culture.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "History of RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Award". RTHK. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "Radio stations reluctant to scrap music awards". South China Morning Post. November 24, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  3. [3]
    "RTHK "International Pop Poll" Presentation Reveals the Top Ten Foreign Music Awards". RTHK. May 6, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  4. [4]
    "25th International Pop Poll Awards – RTHK" (in Chinese). RTHK. May 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
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