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===1991β1992: ''It's All About to Change''=== In 1991, Tritt received a second Horizon Award nomination, which he won that year.<ref name="opry"/> He also released his second album, ''[[It's All About to Change]]''. The album went on to become his best-selling one, with a triple-platinum certification from the RIAA for shipments of three million copies.<ref name="riaa"/> All four of its singles reached the top five on the country music charts. "[[Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)]]" and the [[Marty Stuart]] duet "[[The Whiskey Ain't Workin']]", respectively, the first and third singles, both reached number two, with the number-one "[[Anymore (Travis Tritt song)|Anymore]]" in between. "[[Nothing Short of Dying]]" was the fourth single, with a peak at number four on ''Billboard'';<ref name="whitburn"/> both "The Whiskey Ain't Working" and it went to number one on ''Radio & Records''.<ref name="stabler"/> "Bible Belt", another cut from the album (recorded in collaboration with [[Little Feat]]), appeared in the 1992 film ''[[My Cousin Vinny]]'' (the lyrics for the song, however, were changed for the version played in the movie to match the story line). Although not released as a single, it peaked at number 72 country based on unsolicited airplay and was the [[B side]] to "Nothing Short of Dying".<ref name="whitburn"/> "Bible Belt" was inspired by a youth pastor whom Tritt had known in his childhood.<ref>Tritt and Bane, pp. 12β13</ref> Stuart offered "The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Anymore" to Tritt backstage at the CMA awards show, and they recorded it as a duet through the suggestion of Tritt's record producer, Gregg Brown.<ref>Tritt and Bane, p. 190</ref> The duet won both artists the next year's [[Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals]].<ref name="whitburn"/> Tritt and Stuart charted a second duet, "[[This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)]]", which went to number seven in mid-1992 and appeared on Stuart's album ''[[This One's Gonna Hurt You]]''.<ref name="whitburn"/> This song won the 1992 CMA award for Vocal Event of the Year.<ref name="opry"/> In June 1992, Tritt received media attention when he criticized [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]' "[[Achy Breaky Heart]]" at a Fan Fair interview, saying that he did not think that Cyrus' song made a "statement".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lTkpAAAAIBAJ&pg=3077,2956775&dq=travis-tritt+billy-ray-cyrus+statement&hl=en|title=Tritt pans Cyrus tune, video|date=June 12, 1992|work=Sun Journal|access-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> The following January, Cyrus responded at the [[American Music Awards]] by referring to Tritt's "Here's a Quarter".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i9srAAAAIBAJ&pg=1859,2275018&dq=travis-tritt+billy-ray-cyrus&hl=en|title=Cyrus gives Tritt no quarter|date=January 28, 1993|work=Kentucky New Era|access-date=December 2, 2010}}</ref> Tritt later apologized to Cyrus, but said that he defended his opinion on the song.<ref>Tritt and Bane, p. 161</ref>
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