This Is Us (Backstreet Boys album)

This Is Us
This Is Us
Studio album by Backstreet Boys
Released	September 30, 2009; September 30, 2024 (15th Anniversary Edition)
Recorded	April 2008 – July 28, 2009
Studio	Hollywood, Los Angeles (Henson, Conway, Westlake, Chalice); Stockholm, Sweden (Maratone); Los Angeles (Village Recorder, Pulse); Manchester, England (Blueprint);
Genre	Pop, electropop
Length	40:20
Label	Jive; Sony Music;
Producer	Jim Jonsin; Brian Kennedy; Printz Board; Soulshock & Karlin; Claude Kelly; Max Martin; T-Pain; RedOne; Mr. Pyro; Michael Mani; Troy Johnson; Antwoine Collins; Jordan Omley; Emanuel Kiriakou; Ryan Tedder;
Backstreet Boys chronology
Singles from This Is Us
	"Straight Through My Heart"; Released: August 17, 2009; "Bigger"; Released: November 29, 2009;

This Is Us is the seventh studio album (sixth in the US) from American pop group Backstreet Boys. Serving as a follow-up to Unbreakable (2007), it was released on September 30, 2009^[2] in Japan through Sony Music Japan, October 5, 2009 in the UK through RCA, and October 6 in the US.

For the album, the group reunited with previous collaborator and producer Max Martin, with the intention to create their best record since Millennium.^[3] They worked with Ryan Tedder, Claude Kelly, Jim Jonsin, RedOne, Ne-Yo, Brian Kennedy, Alex James, Pitbull, Eddie Galan, Rami Yacoub, Kristian Lundin, and T-Pain amongst others for the album as well.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The album debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 making it their seventh top ten album.^[7] RedOne produced the album's lead single "Straight Through My Heart" which was released in August 2009. It 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.

^ "Backstreet Boys' Biography". BackstreetBoys.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
^ Cite error: The named reference japan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Backstreet Boys At Work On New Album, Solo Disks". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
^ "PR Newswire Press Release". News.prnewswire.com. 2009-07-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
^ "Backstreet Boys At Work On New Album, Solo Disks. Billboard.com. July 24, 2008". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
^ "Backstreet Boys This Is Us Review". Prefix. Prefix Media, Inc. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
^ "Never Gone - Backstreet Boys". Billboard. 2005-07-02. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

[1] "Backstreet Boys' Biography". BackstreetBoys.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

[japan-2] Cite error: The named reference japan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Backstreet Boys At Work On New Album, Solo Disks". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-07-28.

[newswire-4] "PR Newswire Press Release". News.prnewswire.com. 2009-07-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-08-26.

[5] "Backstreet Boys At Work On New Album, Solo Disks. Billboard.com. July 24, 2008". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

[6] "Backstreet Boys This Is Us Review". Prefix. Prefix Media, Inc. Archived from the original on June 19, 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2012.

[billboard1-7] "Never Gone - Backstreet Boys". Billboard. 2005-07-02. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

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