The 1996 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards was held in 1997 for the 1996 music season.
The top 10 songs (十大中文金曲) of 1996 are as follows.
| width=40% | Song name in Chinese | width=20% | Artist | width=20% | Composer | width=20% | Lyricist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 情深說話未曾講 | Calvin Poon Yuen Leung (潘源良) | ||||||
| 彷如隔世 | Phil Chang Ho kai-wang (何啟弘) | Albert Leung | |||||
| Fung Wing Ki, Vicky (馮穎琪) | Erica Li (李敏) | ||||||
| 友情歲月 | Gene Lau (劉卓輝) | ||||||
| 感冒 | Karen Tong (湯寶如) | Robert Seng | Albert Leung | ||||
| 情未鳥 | Thomas Chow (周禮茂) | ||||||
| 風花雪 | Thomas Chow (周禮茂) | ||||||
| 最激帝國 | Conrad Wong (黃尚偉) | Richard Lam | |||||
| 你的名字，我的姓氏 | Albert Leung | ||||||
| 男人最痛 | Huang Kuo-lun (黃國倫) | Thomas Chow (周禮茂) | |||||
| width=40% | Award | width=20% | Song or album (if available) | width=20% | Recipient |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 outstanding artists award (十大優秀流行歌手大獎) | – | Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Ekin Cheng, Andy Lau, Priscilla Chan,Sammi Cheng,Cass Phang,Amanda Lee, Faye Wong | |||
| Best new prospect award (最有前途新人獎) | – | (gold) (silver) Gigi Leung (bronze) Ronald Cheng (Exceptional award) Josie Ho, Miriam Yeung, Mavis Fan | |||
| Best C-pop song award (最佳中文流行歌曲獎) | 我為我生存 | Tam Zin-fai (譚展輝) | |||
| Best C-pop lyrics award (最佳中文流行歌詞獎) | 男人最痛 | Thomas Chow (周禮茂) | |||
| Best original creation song award (最佳原創歌曲獎) | 每日一禁果 | Tat Ming Pair | |||
| Best revision song award (最佳改編歌曲獎) | 曖昧 | Faye Wong | |||
| Outstanding Mandarin song award (優秀國語歌曲獎) | (gold) 情書 (silver) 相思成災 (bronze) 思念誰 | Jacky Cheung Andy Lau Eric Moo | |||
| Sales award (全年最高銷量歌手大獎) | – | Jacky Cheung, Sammi Cheng,Leon Lai, Andy Lau, Ekin Cheng Jacky Cheung, Sammi Cheng, Andy Lau (Top 3) | |||
| Sales champion award (全年最高銷量冠軍歌手大獎) | 愛與交響曲 | Jacky Cheung | |||
| Leap award (飛躍大獎) | – | Aaron Kwok, Sammi Cheng | |||
| International Chinese award (全球華人至尊金曲) | 情深說話未曾講 | Leon Lai | |||
| Four channel award (四台聯頒獎項) | 風花雪 | Kelly Chen | |||
| RTHK Golden needle award (金針獎) | – | Alan Tam | |||