LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Irish rock band U2 on Wednesday won the record-of-the-year Grammy Award for the second consecutive year, this time for “Walk On,” a ballad dedicated to Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi.

U2, which led the nominees at this year’s Grammys with nods in eight categories, ended up with four awards at the ceremony. The band’s career haul now stands at 14 Grammys, including the 2001 record of the year Grammy for “Beautiful Day.”

U2’s members — singer Bono, guitarist the Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. — beat out India.Arie’s “Video,” Alicia Keys’ “Fallin’,” Outkast’s “Ms. Jackson” and San Francisco rock band Train’s “Drops of Jupiter.”

The record of the year Grammy, which also goes to the song’s producers, engineers and mixers, is for a commercially released single or track from a current year’s album.

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