This Is Us is the seventh studio album (sixth in the United States) 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.