Multiplication Puts Brooks’ ‘Sevens’ Past 2 Million : Country singer’s album sells 528,000 copies last week, outdistancing No. 2 Dion’s ‘Love.’

“Sevens” times three equals more than 2 million for Garth Brooks, whose new album sold another 528,000 copies last week, according to SoundScan, to pass the 2-million mark after only three weeks in stores.

“Sevens” easily tops the chart again this week after outselling the No. 2 album, Celine Dion’s “Let’s Talk About Love,” by nearly 180,000 copies.

Still, it was the only album among the Top 15 that suffered a sales drop from the previous week as the holiday sales rush heats up with Christmas approaching.

If not for “Sevens,” the Dion album would rule the chart. It has sold more than 1.3 million copies during its four weeks in stores.

Meanwhile, 2Pac’s “R U Still Down? (Remember Me)” was the only other album among the Top 25 that experienced a sales decline. The two-disc set from the late rapper dropped from No. 5 to No. 16.

The nation’s best-selling single was Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997,” which sold another 216,000 copies last week and should easily top the 8-million mark before the end of the year.

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Here are some recent releases that are generating critical or commercial attention:

Garth Brooks’ “Sevens” (Capitol Nashville). The country superstar’s strongest collection to date is a 40-plus-minute couch session in which good ol’ boy becomes human-potential poster boy.

Celine Dion’s “Let’s Talk About Love” (550 Music/Epic). Dion’s voice is a technical marvel, but her delivery lacks the personality and intuitive sense of drama that are a diva’s stock in trade.

Led Zeppelin’s “Led Zeppelin: BBC Sessions” (Atlantic). Not only does this two-CD set capture the English band’s vibrant live energy at the peak of its career, but it also helps illustrate the quartet’s place in rock history.

Mase’s “Harlem World” (Bad Boy/Arista). With the exceptions of fellow rappers Erick Sermon and Too Short, no one with a flow as slow and nonchalant as Mase’s has succeeded so well in a genre where testosterone and icy menace rule.

Metallica’s “Re-Load” (Elektra). Less a sequel to last year’s “Load” than a virtual repudiation of it, the follow-up is strong enough to make you forgive the band its past concessions to mass tastes.

Shania Twain’s “Come On Over” (Mercury). Predictable songs of revelry and ecstasy dominate this follow-up to “The Woman in Me,” the best-selling album ever by a female country artist.

Spice Girls’ “Spiceworld” (Virgin). If you’re gonna conquer the world with your outrageous antics and messages of “girl power” and “positivity,” you ought to muster a bit more zest for your second album than the English quintet has done here.

Barbra Streisand’s “Higher Ground” (Columbia). The heart of this studio collection showcases the kind of higher aspirations that are all too rare in mainstream pop.

2Pac’s “R U Still Down? (Remember Me)” (Amaru/Jive). This two-disc set shows that the slain rapper had a lot more to offer the world. Unfortunately, the material is culled from his least artistic period.