D-Cru
{{Short description|Canadian contemporary R&B group}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2021}}
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| origin = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
| years_active = {{start date|1998}}–early 2000s
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| past_members = Nicole Hutton
Tito Chipman
Craig Smart
Damien Kyles
Aimee Mackenzie
Troy "Golden Child" Samson
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D-Cru was a Canadian R&B music group formed in Vancouver, consisting of singers Nicole Hutton, Tito Chipman, Craig Smart,[http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/life/canadian-rb-hitmakers-stop-by-vernon/ "Canadian R&B hitmakers stop by Vernon"]. Vernon Morning Star, Apr 10th, 2013 Troy "Golden Child" Samson,{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=D-Cru attracts interest in the US|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37|date=9 January 1999|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=37–|issn=0006-2510}} Damien Kyles and Aimee Mackenzie.{{cite web|last=Phares|first=Heather|title=D-Cru Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/d-cru-mn0000139801/biography|work=Allmusic|accessdate=17 November 2013}}
Career
They released their self-titled debut album, D-Cru in 2000.{{cite magazine|title=Popular Uprising|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28|date=17 June 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=28–|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=D-Cru attracts interest in the US|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA37|date=9 January 1999|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=37–|issn=0006-2510}} The album featured their biggest hit, the ballad "I Will Be Waiting",[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=3897& "Adult Contemporary"]. RPM, Volume 71, No. 4 May 29, 2000 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",{{cite magazine|title=New &Noteworthywork=Billboard| magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mw8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31|date=17 June 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=31–|issn=0006-2510}} 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.{{cite news|title=Canadian R&B hitmakers stop by Vernon|url=http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/entertainment/202211451.html?mobile=true|accessdate=17 November 2013|newspaper=Vernon Morning Star|date=10 April 2013}}
They received a Juno Award nomination in 2001 for Best R&B/Soul Recording for "I Will Be Waiting".{{cite web|title=D-Cru Artist Summary|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=d-cru&submit=Search|work=Juno Awards|accessdate=17 November 2013}}[https://www.proquest.com/docview/438234096 "The 2001 Juno nominees are:"]. Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Jan 25, 2001 Page: 02
Discography
=Studio albums=
- The Outer World (1998)
- Into the Future (2002)
=Singles=
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! rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak chart ! rowspan="2"| Album |
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| 1999
! scope="row"| "Show Me" | 11 | align="left" rowspan="2"| The Outer World |
| 2000
! scope="row"| "I Will Be Waiting" | 9 |
| colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |
References
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Category:Canadian pop music groups
Category:Canadian contemporary R&B musical groups
Category:Canadian dance music groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1998
Category:1998 establishments in British Columbia
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