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(Redirected from Craig Smart (singer)) Canadian contemporary R&B group

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
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, Troy "Golden Child" Samson, Damien Kyles and Aimee Mackenzie.

Career

They released their self-titled debut album, D-Cru in 2000. The album featured their biggest hit, the ballad "I Will Be Waiting", 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", 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.

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

Discography

Studio albums

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

Singles

Year Single Peak chart
positions 		Album
CAN
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. ^ 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.
  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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