D-Cru

Last updated

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

References

  1. ↑ "Canadian R&B hitmakers stop by Vernon". Vernon Morning Star, Apr 10th, 2013
  2. 1 2 Larry LeBlanc (9 January 1999). "D-Cru attracts interest in the US". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 37–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Phares, Heather. "D-Cru Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Popular Uprising". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 17 June 2000. pp. 28–. 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.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ "D-Cru Artist Summary". Juno Awards. Retrieved 17 November 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  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


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.