D-Cru

D-Cru was a Canadian R&B music group formed in Vancouver, consisting of singers Nicole Hutton, Tito Chipman, Craig Smart,[1] Damien Kyles and Aimee Mackenzie.[2]

D-Cru
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresR&B, pop
Years active1998 (1998)–early 2000s
Past membersNicole Hutton
Tito Chipman
Craig Smart
Damien Kyles
Aimee Mackenzie

Career

They released their self-titled debut album, D-Cru in 2000.[3][4] The album featured their biggest hit, the ballad "I Will Be Waiting",[5] a top-ten hit in Canada. The album's other main single on the Canadian charts (reaching number 11 and remaining on the charts for six months) was "Show Me",[6] which sampled the chorus from the song "Show Me the Way", which was originally a hit for Mackenzie's old group The West End Girls in 1991.

D-Cru band member Craig Smart later contributed back-up vocals on two tracks for Master P's album Game Face.[7]

They received a Juno Award nomination in 2001 for Best R&B/Soul Recording for "I Will Be Waiting".[8][9]

Discography

Studio albums
  • The Outer World (1998)
  • Into the Future (2002)

Singles
Year Single Peak chart
positions		 Album
CAN
[10][11]
1999 "Show Me" 11 The Outer World
2000 "I Will Be Waiting" 9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

References
  1. "Canadian R&B hitmakers stop by Vernon". Vernon Morning Star, Apr 10th, 2013
  2. Phares, Heather. "D-Cru Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  3. "Popular Uprising". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 June 2000. pp. 28–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. Larry LeBlanc (9 January 1999). "D-Cru attracts interest in the US". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 37–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. "Adult Contemporary". RPM, Volume 71, No. 4 May 29, 2000
  6. "New &Noteworthywork=Billboard". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 June 2000. pp. 31–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. "Canadian R&B hitmakers stop by Vernon". Vernon Morning Star. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  8. "D-Cru Artist Summary". Juno Awards. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  9. "The 2001 Juno nominees are:". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Jan 25, 2001 Page: 02
  10. D-Cru | Awards | Allmusic Allmusic.com
  11. Search for Canadian peaks Archived 2015-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, RPM, via Library and Archives Canada


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