Jade Solid Gold (

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: 勁歌金曲, literally ''"powerful song golden melody"'') is a music show on the

TVB Jade TVB Jade (), or simply Jade, is a Hong Kong Cantonese-language free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) as its flagship service, alongside its sister network, the English-language TVB Pearl. Bro ...

television channel in

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. It has been running since October 10, 1981.

Broadcasting time

TVB Jade

*Sunday at 11:00pm to 11:45pm

TVB HD Jade

*Next Saturday at 5pm to 6pm

History

Starting on October 10, 1981, every week, Jade Solid Gold features today's

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s, live performances or concerts, and a countdown of the top 20 best albums sold amongst the competition. The show has a live audience. Most of the performances are

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, and light music. Every January the

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation 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.1983 award ...

(十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮) is one of the biggest music awards in

. Along with the RTHK Top 10 Awards, they are the most recognized and publicized awards given. The program also has a companion program called "Jade Solid Gold Song Video Corner ( 金曲挑戰站) ", in which a random music video is featured; hence the name.

Participants

The majority of the singers to appear on the show are

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or Hong Kong-based artists. Some

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and

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ese artists have also performed on the show.

Comparisons

A number of music themed shows have a similar format with Jade Solid Gold. This includes 360° (formerly 360° Boundless Music, 360° 音樂無邊) and Global Rhythm (無間音樂).

Presenters

Current presenters

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Alvin Ng Alvin Ng is a Hong Kong male singer, host and actor under TVB and TVB Music Group who debuted in 2017 with the debut single, "How Can I Do". In 2014, he participated in '' The Voice (Season 4)'' and came with 12th place . He then won the 3rd p ...

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Former presenters

External links

TVB.com
''Jade Solid Gold'' - Official Website
TVB.com
''Jade Solid Gold'' - 2nd Official Website TVB original programming Cantopop {{HongKong-tv-stub