This Is Us (Backstreet Boys album)

This Is Us is the seventh studio album by American pop group Backstreet Boys. Serving as a follow-up to Unbreakable (2007), it was released on September 30, 2009 in Japan and in the following days in other territories. For the album, the group reunited with previous collaborator and producer Max Martin, with the intention to create their best record since Millennium (1999). They also worked with Ryan Tedder, Claude Kelly, Jim Jonsin, RedOne, Brian Kennedy, and T-Pain, amongst others, for the album as well.

The album received mixed reviews, with critics praising the Backstreet Boys' vocals, hooks, and modern production, while others criticized its unoriginal material. In the United States, This Is Us debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200, making the group the first since Sade to have their first seven albums reach the top ten, and has sold 98,000 copies. Internationally, it reached the top ten in Japan, Canada, and several European countries, and peaked at number thirty-nine in the UK, where it was later certified silver.

The album’s lead single, "Straight Through My Heart," peaked at number three in Japan and was certified platinum, while the second single, "Bigger," charted modestly. To promote the album, Backstreet Boys embarked on the This Is Us Tour, spanning multiple continents. Their final tour as a quartet, This Is Us was their final album on Jive Records and their last of two albums as a quartet before original member Kevin Richardson rejoined the band in 2012.