Carrie Underwood does not get paid $1 million per week for singing the Sunday Night Football theme song, despite widespread rumors suggesting so. Multiple sources report that the claim she earns $1 million each week (which would total about $18 million per NFL season) is false. Underwood herself denied these figures in a 2023 interview on The Howard Stern Show, stating that her work on the Sunday Night Football theme is "pretty pro bono" and that she does not receive such a large salary for it

. The rumor likely originated from viral social media posts and unverified reports, but Underwood clarified she essentially does the gig for free or minimal pay. While exact financial details are not publicly disclosed, it is clear she does not earn the multi-million dollar weekly sum often cited. In summary, Carrie Underwood’s Sunday Night Football theme song role is not a highly paid weekly gig as some reports claim; rather, she has indicated it is done with little or no pay