D-Cru

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D-Cru
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres R&B, pop
Years active1998 (1998)–early 2000s
Past membersNicole Hutton
Tito Chipman
Craig Smart
Damien Kyles
Aimee Mackenzie
Troy "Golden Child" Samson

D-Cru was a Canadian R&B music group formed in Vancouver, consisting of singers Nicole Hutton, Tito Chipman, Craig Smart, [1] Troy "Golden Child" Samson, [2] Damien Kyles and Aimee Mackenzie. [3]

Contents

Career

They released their self-titled debut album, D-Cru in 2000. [4] [2] 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

Singles

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

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