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A new year means new music, movies, TV shows and even books are on the horizon for entertainment.<\/p>\n New albums on the way in 2026 include those from A$AP Rocky, Mumford and Sons and The All-American Rejects, per Billboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n Highly anticipated movies, according to Variety<\/a>, include “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” “The Odyssey,” “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Dune: Part Three” among many others.<\/p>\n Expected TV shows mostly are returning series for new seasons, such as “The Pitt,” or “Bridgerton,” but there are some new shows coming, such as “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” and “Lanterns,” among others, and finally a few reboots, including “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Scrubs” and “Baywatch,” per The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Significant book releases according to USA TODAY<\/a> include “Half His Age” by Jennette McCurdy, “Whidbey” by T. Kira Madden and “John of John” by Douglas Stuart, among others. The Columbia Tribune is part of the USA TODAY Network.<\/p>\n But what about what was popular 10, 20, 30, 40 and even 50 years ago. The Tribune is taking a trip through time to look at what was popular or best selling on these anniversaries. Will there be surprises? Now is the chance to find out.<\/p>\n These are the most popular album and songs, highest grossing films, most watched TV shows and best selling books from 2016, 2006, 1996, 1986 and 1976. Sources include Billboard charts, worldwide film financial data from Box Office Mojo, Nielsen ratings and book selling lists. All most popular items were released in the respective noted years, with the exception of TV shows, which notes the most popular programs for the year regardless of first airing date.<\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.columbiatribune.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new year means new music, movies, TV shows and even books are on the horizon for entertainment. New albums on the way in 2026 include those from A$AP Rocky, Mumford and Sons and The All-American Rejects, per Billboard. 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