This Is Us Songwriting Credits by Backstreet Boys

This Is Us is the sixth studio album by Backstreet Boys, released in October 2009 on Jive Records, reuniting all five original members including Kevin Richardson, who had rejoined the group in 2012 for subsequent touring but was not part of this recording. The album's production reflected the 2009 dance-pop and Euro-house mainstream, with tracks produced by Max Martin, Timbaland, and others applying contemporary club production to the group's vocal blend. 'Straight Through My Heart,' 'Bigger,' and 'If I Knew Then' were the principal singles. This Is Us debuted at number eleven on the Billboard 200 with 68,000 first-week sales and is not certified as a major commercial release. The album represents the commercial reality of the group's post-peak period and the challenge of maintaining relevance in a pop mainstream that had moved substantially past the boy-band framework.