CRi

{{short description|Canadian musician}}

{{About|the electronic musician|other uses|CRI (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}

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| birth_name = Christophe Dubé

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| origin = Quebec, Canada

| genre = Electronic music

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| label = Anjunadeep

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CRi is the stage name of Christophe Dubé, a Canadian electronic musician from Quebec.[https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/r7pygq/cri-montreal-dont-video-interview-2016 "Introspective Montreal Producer CRi Comes Into His Own with New Video 'Don't'"]. Noisey, 26 May 2016.

Originally from Quebec City, he was a beatboxer for local hip hop group Feuilles et Racines before releasing his debut EP as an electronic artist in 2013.[https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/01/23/portrait-cri "De DJ de sous-sol à artiste sélectionné aux Juno"]. Le Journal de Montréal, 23 January 2019. He released a number of standalone tracks and remixes for other artists before following up with the EPs Tell Her in 2016,[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cri-tell_her "CRi: Tell Her"]. Exclaim!, 15 June 2016. Someone Else in 2017,[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/cri-someone_else "CRi: Someone Else"]. Exclaim!, 22 March 2017. and Initial in 2019.[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2019/03/15/cri-propose-un-nouvel-ep-le-captivant-initial/ "CRi propose un nouvel EP: le captivant Initial"]. Voir, 15 March 2019.

In 2019, CRi and Charlotte Cardin collaborated on a cover of Daniel Bélanger's "Fous n'importe où".[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2019/01/16/charlotte-cardin-et-cri-reprennent-daniel-belanger/ "Charlotte Cardin et CRi reprennent Daniel Bélanger"]. Voir, 16 January 2019. Juvenile, his first full-length album, was released in 2020 and included Bélanger as a guest vocalist on the track "Signal".[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1741953/cri-musique-electronique-album-juvenile-daniel-belanger "CRi lance Juvenile, un premier album 100 % québécois"]. Ici Radio-Canada, 17 October 2020.

In 2023, CRi released his second studio album, Miracles, on which he collaborated with artists such as Half Moon Run and Klô Pelgag.{{cite news|title=Miracles, un deuxième album lumineux pour CRi |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2012433/cri-producteur-quebecois-miracles-deuxieme-album-half-moon-run-klo-pelgag-musique-electro |website=ici.radio-canada.ca |date=23 September 2023 |access-date=23 December 2023 |language=fr |trans-title=Miracles, a second luminous album for CRi}}

Someone Else was a nominee for Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018,[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/juno_awards_reveal_2018_nominees "Juno Awards Reveal 2018 Nominees"]. Exclaim!, 6 February 2018. and Juvenile received a nomination in the same category at the Juno Awards of 2021.Holly Gordon, [https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/news/the-weeknd-jp-saxe-jessie-reyez-and-justin-bieber-lead-2021-juno-award-nominations-1.5940551 "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations"]. CBC Music, 9 March 2021. The same year, he won

a Félix Award for Discovery of the Year at the 43rd ADISQ gala.{{cite news|title=CRi, la révélation de l'année qui veut démocratiser la musique électronique |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1839624/cri-cristophe-dube-adisq-felix-revelation-daniel-belanger-juvenile |website= |date=14 November 2021 |access-date=23 December 2023 |language=fr |trans-title=CRi, revelation of the year, who wants to democratize electronic music}}

CRi is the brother of actress and filmmaker Alexa-Jeanne Dubé.Matthew Bedard, [https://flaunt.com/content/cri-alexa-jeanne-dube "CRi teams up with filmmaker and sister Alexa-Jeanne Dubé for "Never Really Get There" music video"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311072148/https://flaunt.com/content/cri-alexa-jeanne-dube |date=11 March 2023 }}. Flaunt, 24 June 2020.