D-Cru was a Canadian R&B music group formed in

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, consisting of singers Nicole Hutton, Tito Chipman, Craig Smart, 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 ''

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''. They received a

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nomination in 2001 for Best R&B/Soul Recording for "I Will Be Waiting"."The 2001 Juno nominees are:"
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Discography

Studio albums

*''The Outer World'' (1998) *''Into the Future'' (2002)

Singles

References

Musical collectives Canadian pop music groups Canadian contemporary R&B musical groups Canadian dance music groups Musical groups established in 1998 1998 establishments in British Columbia {{Canada-band-stub