Thank you SPG - talk about aspirational benefits!

I did not see the wording suggesting such, but I just would like to be clear. For the Lifetime status to kick in, does one have to have held status for 5 / 10 consecutive years?

Also, will the "My account" page reflect a tier status history, instead of just total # of stays and nights? I am not exactly sure for how many years I was a Gold member...